The times, they are a changin'
Used to be you measured how much blood line (1/8th) banished you to the wrong side of Jim Crow as an Octaroon. Now, at least in the NFL, it is a question of how much you have to have to qualify as Black. Can we all go back to debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? (Actually a good opinion piece by a Black writer.)
[quote] In other words, many people, including people I greatly respect, and mostly Black people, were basically saying McDaniel wasn't Black enough. Or, in even worse cases, they were saying he neededto prove his Blackness. It is some of the most vile and disgraceful things I've seen on social media and that's saying something.There are even people questioning the compensatory picks the 49ers will receive from the league (two third-rounders) for developing a minority assistant coach under the Rooney Rule. The tin foil hat belief is that the 49ers are getting picks for someone who isn't really Black."I've never ever seen anyone in sports have to prove they were biracial, multi-cultural before,"tweeted Omar Kelly, columnist for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "Usually, people just accept it. Or ... don't discuss it. This is a sad time in this country."He's right.[/quote]
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/mike-freeman/2022/02/08/mike-mcdaniel-miami-dolphins-coach-black/6691026001/
[quote] In other words, many people, including people I greatly respect, and mostly Black people, were basically saying McDaniel wasn't Black enough. Or, in even worse cases, they were saying he neededto prove his Blackness. It is some of the most vile and disgraceful things I've seen on social media and that's saying something.There are even people questioning the compensatory picks the 49ers will receive from the league (two third-rounders) for developing a minority assistant coach under the Rooney Rule. The tin foil hat belief is that the 49ers are getting picks for someone who isn't really Black."I've never ever seen anyone in sports have to prove they were biracial, multi-cultural before,"tweeted Omar Kelly, columnist for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "Usually, people just accept it. Or ... don't discuss it. This is a sad time in this country."He's right.[/quote]
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/mike-freeman/2022/02/08/mike-mcdaniel-miami-dolphins-coach-black/6691026001/
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