Posted on 02/15/2022 3:52:46 AM PST by Libloather
Joy Reid has slammed the NFL for trying to 'sanitize Blackness' from the Super Bowl after Eminem took the knee during the half-time show.
The MSNBC host, wearing a football jersey in support of Colin Kaepernick, said she has fallen out of love with the game over its apparent inaction against racism and the lack of Black coaches in the sport, in comments echoing resident Joe Biden.
Reid and her panel of hosts noted how Eminem has been praised for taking the knee during his performance in what was nothing more than a 'performative' gesture, but Kaepernick has remained unsigned for years after starting the protest.
She said on ReidOut: 'The NFL has always tried to sanitize Blackness especially during the Super Bowl, from the halftime performances to players taking a knee, and it especially does not want to dabble in the culture wars now and tick off the conservative fan base.'
Guest Jason Johnson then added: 'Which explains why Kendrick Lamar's line "and we hate the popo" was noticeably scrubbed last night.'
'Don't think we didn't notice,' Reid responded.
She also made reference to the dispute over whether the NFL was aware of Eminem's decision to take the knee ahead of his performance.
It was initially claimed the gesture took officials by surprise, with current NFL rules effectively banning players from taking the knee during the anthem.
TOP just seems to me that it's a standard that they'd want to live up to,' Biden said.
'I don't know if there's not a requirement of law, but it's a requirement I think of some just generic decency,' he added.
On ReidOut, columnist Michael Harriot also accused the NFL of hypocrisy for writing 'end racism' messages on the end zone...
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Ahh oops. Just had my first cup of coffee.
I saw nothing but black, unless you count the woke lesbian. If they could have found a black lesbian female champion of something, they would have used her too.
Does Reid really think we are this stupid, or is she being condescending to her own race?
Damn I didn’t know that Black Footballers were paid minimum wage:-)
Being a successful jock is one thing.
Running a business at a profit is a horse of a different bean hill
Persecution syndrome
A shrink could write a book on her about how vast amounts of stupidity one person can hold.
99% of the ads, thru the pregame to the end, were Black dominated.
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