The hiring season for NFL head coaches is now over and ONE Black man ended up getting a job – Lovie Smith – who will be taking over in Houston for a Black coach that was fired after only one season.
It was thought to be one of worst 2 or 3 coaching jobs available. So now the NFL has 2 Black head coaches in a league that is 70% Black.
At the root of it all is ownership. The NFL doesn’t have a single Black owner. In fact, in all of American sports, out of 100+ teams, only one majority owner is Black – in spite of Black people dominating the industry.
It’s one of the greatest failures of integration. Brilliant black teams and leagues were destroyed – alongside Black owned businesses of every kind. Integration ultimately meant Black people integrating into white owned, white dominated spaces.
It was thought to be one of worst 2 or 3 coaching jobs available. So now the NFL has 2 Black head coaches in a league that is 70% Black.
At the root of it all is ownership. The NFL doesn’t have a single Black owner. In fact, in all of American sports, out of 100+ teams, only one majority owner is Black – in spite of Black people dominating the industry.
It’s one of the greatest failures of integration. Brilliant black teams and leagues were destroyed – alongside Black owned businesses of every kind. Integration ultimately meant Black people integrating into white owned, white dominated spaces.
This post was originally published on The Breakdown with Shaun King.