As someone who has personally lived through episodes of racism and injustice, and can unfortunately relate to what the majority of the NFL players encounter on a daily basis, I can say with complete conviction that we now have a real effort at the NFL to bring real and overdue change
While it’s critical that companies, brands, and celebrities are seeing the importance in publicly affirming their stance against racism, much more needs to be done than issuing a statement to change the material conditions for Black people. Corporations routinely jump from diversity and inclusion messaging to underpaying Black workers, discriminating against Black customers, and harming Black users and community members. Corporations must interrogate their policies and practices and move beyond words to action.
Thirteen major corporations suspended donations to the 147 Members of Congress who directly incited the insurrection by voting to overturn the results of the election.