NFL will remove ‘End Racism’ from the end zones ahead of Super Bowl : nottheonion

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 80 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wouldn't want the snowflakes feeling bad about their natural tendencies, would we?

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 68 points 10 months ago

Legit question. What happens if every single black player just REFUSES to play at the superbowl?

Like, lets say you get opening kickoff, and it's a white guy kicker. So he kicks the ball. It lands at about the 15 yard line. And just NOBODY even attempts anything. They all just stand there, pointing at the endzones.

And it's both teams. I don't know exact numbers, but I'd guess every teams roster is 90%+ black.

And since it's both teams, you can't call one side a forfeit.

I think they should. Embarass the NFL on the biggest stage. The game is Feb 9th. This would be the lead story Feb 10th. They either repaint it back onto the endzones DURING the game, reschedule the game, or the whole game is 0-0, with a clock running down for 3 hours.

What would the NFL do?

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 36 points 10 months ago

Fire all black people and somehow fault them for the whole thing.

At least if the rest of the country does not show solidarity and doesn't organize a general strike - which is illegal by the way.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Fire every black person in the NFL??? Hooooooooboy.

2026 headline. "NFL viewership falls to 3. As in there are now 3 people still watching."

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Point taken.

Just don't pay them, get them arrested and lease them back from the prisons. Slavery is legal in the US after all.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

Every single ~~Black~~ player. They're a team, and I'm willing to believe they respect each other enough to stand still for each other.

[-] Blum0108@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

They shouldn't be so political!

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

As the literal president who started the whole thing sits in the stands. Hopefully getting boo'd.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 7 points 10 months ago

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I'm glad to see you bought a copy of my book! Would you like me to sign it for you?

[-] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 10 months ago

Here's the nazi!

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

This would be fucking awesome.

[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I'd love them to take a knee at the anthem. I hope someone or many do.

[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 64 points 10 months ago

Well, the NFL did it. They ended racism.

[-] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 39 points 10 months ago

Interested to see if Kendrick is gonna have ANYTHING to say about the state of things at his performance at the halftime show.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 10 points 10 months ago

It's literally the only thing I'm tuning in for

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

…in case you were curious if it performative in the first place…

[-] Today@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Stupid article with irritating title. They're just changing it to Choose Love, which apparently was one of the other messages used this season.

[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 10 points 10 months ago

Is that the love between a man or a woman or the love of a man for a fine Cuban cigar?

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I think the point is more that they are changing it to appease the great big orange convicted criminal who is currently gutting our government and destroying affirmative action in the name of "efficiency" with a literal Nazi at the helm of that effort.

But hey, it's only a nationally televised sporting event so who cares. 😒

Fuck the NFL. I honestly hope people torch the Superbowl over this and FuckwADUS attending like Nero in the colosseum.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 9 points 10 months ago

Responding to the collective movement of 2020 with endzone prints was a bad look. Removing them is an even worse look. It's like when google changed their slogan from "Don't be evil"

Yeah we all knew they were evil before, but when they stopped claiming to not be evil they got worse.

Well. This is that for the NFL. They did almost nothing to help their players and fans, and now they're doing even less.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

^^end ^^racism

KANSAS CITY RACISTS

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

They can save time by only removing ND from END and adding MOR before END.

/j

[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Haha hope uncle kenny speaks on some o this

[+] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

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[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Cowards.

[-] FolknForage@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

My consolation is that these motherfuckers are not ready for how hard the pendulum will swing back.

It will be a proper wrecking ball.

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

I agree, what’s that timeline look like for you though? 4 years? 8 years? The “wait” is gonna fuckin’ suck.

Crossing my fingers for the first trans president, though.

[-] FolknForage@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Frankly I couldn’t tell you, but whatever the timeline is, I expect it will be much faster than before, as everything is.

There are a few very young politicians and new media commentators that know what’s up, and I think we should rally around them.

In the meantime, boycott as best as possible, build, develop and protect your community and funk up the authoritarian machinery at every turn possible.

The revolution will be federated.

[-] keegomatic@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

“The revolution will be federated” fuck yeah

[-] keegomatic@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Which young politicians and new media commentators would you point to? I need new people to follow.

[+] Majorllama@lemmy.world -23 points 10 months ago

I mean I am all for ending racism, but if we are being honest with ourselves the little "end racism" banner wasn't doing shit for race relations lol.

Spending time with people outside your bubble is always good even if it's uncomfortable at first. There are countless records of racist white guys joining the army and leaving with a different perspective on the different races. People raised by racists who then went and spent time being shot at and laughing next to people they had been told were somehow different than them simply because of their skin pigmentation. Many people came back from military service with friends of all nationalities.

Anyway the whole "End racism" banner feels a lot like the "gun free zone" signs. The people who are going to read the sign and listen to it are probably already following those instructions. The people who are going to ignore it and continue on their way weren't going to read it in the first place.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 21 points 10 months ago

No one gesture or action can fix race relations. Just as racism is a societal problem that manifests itself in many ways from tiny things all the way up to awful explicit actions, societal change needs to happen in both large and small ways. Things like having an 'end racism' banner by itself doesn't do much, but it's part of a collective effort to show that society is changing and to remind people that we need to and are doing the work to tackle the issue.

The only thing racism needs to thrive in society is for it to be quietly tolerated. Removing this banner can be seen as a backslide in that direction.

[+] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -26 points 10 months ago

Honestly it was pretty dumb to begin with. "End racism" is not really a measurable or actionable goal.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

Its a message that society won't accept racism. As in, if you are acting racist, you are a problem to society. Its the "only YOU can prevent forest fires". Its a call to personal action.

Removing that message from the field when it was there before does the reverse saying "Racism is a-okay!".

[+] FriendBesto@futurology.today -34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not everything has to be drenched in politics at all times. And doing so is not a crime, aside to those cultist people, whether they are on the right or the left.

Edit:

Wow. Some people here really want politics into everything.

Shocker: Not everyone wants that, 24/7. That is how you alienate average people and why trump got elected.

Not because people are racist, as this sort of thing comes off as a cult. Despite the obvious good intentions. Can't be the only one that sees this. I mean, can't be, since the orange man won. And I say this as a non-American looking in.

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 25 points 10 months ago

When did, "End Racism" become a controversial political statement? 🤔

[+] FriendBesto@futurology.today -9 points 10 months ago

You are missing the point, friend. Sometimes no politics, or messaging or virtue signaling is better or desired. I do need or want to end a video game stage with AE flashing a banner that reads, "Consume less corn syrup!" At all times. Despite the fact we all know that consuming it leads to obesity. Does that sound crazy to you? Or does everything, everywhere has to be covered in slogans?

Or do you honestly assume the vast majority people are retarded or evil that do not want to avoid racism without being having to be reminded of it 24/7? 'Cause despite the good intentions, that is how you annoy the hell out of people as it is both patronising and tiring. That is partly the reason why Trump got elected. Let's not make the problem worse. Let sport be sport.

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Oh, I see. Your problem is that you're concerned it's taking up space... a space that would otherwise be filled with an advertisement trying to sell you something. Interesting.

[-] FriendBesto@futurology.today -2 points 10 months ago

That is literally not what I said.

Why are you attempting to side step my point? Are you doing that on purpose, or in bad faith?

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Yes, it is. You're upset about being shown an anti-racist message, and the alternative to that, whether you acknowledge it or not, is that you will be shown an advertisement in the same space. So it's 100% accurate to say that you dislike seeing an anti-racist message so much that you'd rather be shown an ad.

[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Is being against racism political?

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Only to racists.

[-] FriendBesto@futurology.today -2 points 10 months ago

Do you think people need to be annoyed or reminded of this 24/7? Why not put, Eat more vegetables? Or, Water Great! Or, Chew your food before swallowing to prevent choking? Point is that as well meaning as they are, the constant, propaganda style messaging is annoying. And counterproductive, unless you think you are special and the only one who wants to be, you know, not racist. It comes off as patronising. I mean, you may disagree but I am sure this is a big reason why it is being removed.

Why do you not tattoo end racism on your forehead? You are not being political, you just want to remind people of something most people actively do not want to be. Do it. Take a photo of it. Unless you are a racist, because why would you not do it, otherwise?

I look forward to you posting a photo of your forehead.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Do you think people need to be annoyed or reminded of this 24/7?

I'm really sorry that it may annoy you to be reminded of all the non-white folks who continue to struggle under a now increasingly racist nation. A nation, I might add, which is on an upward trajectory of bigotry and racism due to the current president, who I am 100% sure is directly or indirectly responsible for the removal of the slogan.

It was a visible, ongoing show of support from a wealthy, large organization, which carries impacts beyond what individual football fans may need to be reminded about.

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