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Drew's problem isn't that he's a closet racist, or is anti BLM. He just doesn't get it, and until now hasn't had the curiosity to want to learn. He falsely made it a "suporting our troops" issue, because in his priveleged life he has always had the luxury to never need to question his country. It doesn't make him evil or racist. It makes him willfully naive. He has done amazing things for this community, both with money and with active participation in causes. Even the fact that he chose to move into this poor and predominanty black city when we were completely broken rather than into some gated community in the burbs speaks a lot to who he is. Unfortunately, what he said also reflects on who he is. I believe that he is capable of being much bigger than that, and hopefully he can learn what he and many others have needed to realize for a long time. His track record suggest to me anyway that he will. We'll see what happens next.

Thanks for the contribution. One thing you said has really stuck out to me in all this and it's how much harder it is to deal with ignorance over just plain hatred. Hatred is a easy deflection for people including the ignorant who can sit there secure that they're not the problem because "look at that racism, that's what's wrong with America smh". The ignorant can be just as hard to move and the condemnation against them too light to force movement.

 

He's already taking a lot of blow back on his apology, so we'll see if it chips away anymore at his stance.

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OleMissCub Cooperstown

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As much as I love Drew, he’s never struck me as all that intelligent. He’s not at the Gronk level of meathead, but he’s definitely nothing more than a typical jock on the intelligence spectrum. Him being an evangelical Christian reaffirms my idea about his intelligence.

 

I’m remembering when he broke his thumb last year. He was standing on the sideline with his helmet on like they were going to send him back in. It’s like “Drew, dude, you’re done. You’re not going back in.” He was licking his hands and pretending to call plays with his helmet on in games he wasn’t active in. I remember the announcers being like wow what a professional and the rest of us were like if a doctor broke his hand and was in a surgery room standing over people pretending to make incisions with his broken hand you’d be like WTH is wrong with you.

 

As NOLA said, he’s remarkably generous (donated 5 million for New Orleans Covid relief just last month) and he’s not at all a bad guy, but I don’t think there is much nuance in his worldview.

jersey cubs fan GOAT

jersey cubs fan

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Drew's problem isn't that he's a closet racist, or is anti BLM. He just doesn't get it, and until now hasn't had the curiosity to want to learn. He falsely made it a "suporting our troops" issue, because in his priveleged life he has always had the luxury to never need to question his country. It doesn't make him evil or racist. It makes him willfully naive. He has done amazing things for this community, both with money and with active participation in causes. Even the fact that he chose to move into this poor and predominanty black city when we were completely broken rather than into some gated community in the burbs speaks a lot to who he is. Unfortunately, what he said also reflects on who he is. I believe that he is capable of being much bigger than that, and hopefully he can learn what he and many others have needed to realize for a long time. His track record suggest to me anyway that he will. We'll see what happens next.

He’s spent his first 67 years on earth willfully ignorant, he’s not going to improve on that.

NOLA Myrtle Beach Pelicans

NOLA

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Yo, Drew...

Yo, a month ago he gave literally 10 x that amount to the Louisiana Covid-19 fund.

Bertz Knoxville Smokies

Bertz

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Guy who got an NFL coaching job at 25 because of his daddy can't figure out why his peer group isn't more diverse

Derwood GOAT

Derwood

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Only 8 of Shanahan's 22 coaches are black, so....

 

what?

 

He's asking how there are only 4 black head coaches in the league. Most head coaches work their way through the coaching ranks under other head coaches, and Shanahan only has 8 black assistant coaches on his staff. My point is that he can help by giving more non-white candidates opportunities on his own staff

17 Seconds Chicago Cubs

17 Seconds

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Only 8 of Shanahan's 22 coaches are black, so....

 

what?

 

He's asking how there are only 4 black head coaches in the league. Most head coaches work their way through the coaching ranks under other head coaches, and Shanahan only has 8 black assistant coaches on his staff. My point is that he can help by giving more non-white candidates opportunities on his own staff

 

you think a staff being 36% black has a lack of representation?

Derwood GOAT

Derwood

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what?

 

He's asking how there are only 4 black head coaches in the league. Most head coaches work their way through the coaching ranks under other head coaches, and Shanahan only has 8 black assistant coaches on his staff. My point is that he can help by giving more non-white candidates opportunities on his own staff

 

you think a staff being 36% black has a lack of representation?

 

I'm saying that Kyle can help solve the problem by giving more non-white coaches a chance to work their way up the coaching ranks.

 

And yes, I think 36% is a lack of representation when more than 36% of the players are black.

17 Seconds Chicago Cubs

17 Seconds

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He's asking how there are only 4 black head coaches in the league. Most head coaches work their way through the coaching ranks under other head coaches, and Shanahan only has 8 black assistant coaches on his staff. My point is that he can help by giving more non-white candidates opportunities on his own staff

 

you think a staff being 36% black has a lack of representation?

 

I'm saying that Kyle can help solve the problem by giving more non-white coaches a chance to work their way up the coaching ranks.

 

And yes, I think 36% is a lack of representation when more than 36% of the players are black.

 

i didn't realize the nfl player base was like 70% black. but that coaching staff still doesn't necessarily look like a problem to me.

jersey cubs fan GOAT

jersey cubs fan

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you think a staff being 36% black has a lack of representation?

 

I'm saying that Kyle can help solve the problem by giving more non-white coaches a chance to work their way up the coaching ranks.

 

And yes, I think 36% is a lack of representation when more than 36% of the players are black.

 

i didn't realize the nfl player base was like 70% black. but that coaching staff still doesn't necessarily look like a problem to me.

Do you watch the NFL?

17 Seconds Chicago Cubs

17 Seconds

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I'm saying that Kyle can help solve the problem by giving more non-white coaches a chance to work their way up the coaching ranks.

 

And yes, I think 36% is a lack of representation when more than 36% of the players are black.

 

i didn't realize the nfl player base was like 70% black. but that coaching staff still doesn't necessarily look like a problem to me.

Do you watch the NFL?

 

not really anymore

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