First all-Black NFL officiating crew to work Monday Night Football game

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- 11/17/2020 at 8:07 AM #132058
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- 11/17/2020 at 8:14 AM #132059
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  Why is this progress?
  - 11/17/2020 at 8:46 AM #132061
    
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    Excellent question.
  - 11/17/2020 at 9:18 AM #132062
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    “This historic Week 11 crew is a testament to the countless and immeasurable contributions of Black officials to the game, their exemplary performance, and to the power of inclusion that is the hallmark of this great game,” NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said.
    
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    - 11/17/2020 at 11:22 AM #132086
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      So it’s a testament to something that has already been achieved if I’m understanding it correctly. This act of having an all black officiating crew is not the progress, but is a testament to the progress that has already happened. Sounds like a goodwill marketing effort by the league, and I’m not saying that it’s bad, it’s good, I was not understanding how choosing one race to officiate a game was demonstrating progress.
- 11/17/2020 at 10:04 AM #132067
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  Good to see this. But it seems like promoting it and calling it out is just to make us white guys feel better about ourselves. Progress well really have been achieved when the amount of pigmentation is not mentioned.
  - 11/17/2020 at 10:17 AM #132069
    
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    Amen
  - 11/17/2020 at 10:33 AM #132073
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    I disagree. It’s great to see people like you do well. Mormons loved it when Romney ran for president. My daughter loved it when Captain Marvel came down and gathered her friends up and kicked Thanos’ ass. If you are a person of color, and you see an all black officiating crew, that is one more thing you can do when you grow up.
    
    Before 2008, black people couldn’t be president. Women couldn’t be vice president. Women and black people couldn’t be super heroes. Now, we have had a black president, black vice president, woman vice president, a woman won the popular vote for president and looking back was the obvious right choice for president, a black man was a super hero and another is now Captain America. Women are the strongest super heroes and they can come together without the help of a man and defeat evil.
    
    It’s all very, very important. We need to expand everybody’s horizon and unlock their potential and seeing people like you succeed lets you know that you can do it too.
    - 11/17/2020 at 10:47 AM #132078
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      I believe the pigmentation comment was meant to argue that there is much work left to do before we can name it progress. Mentioning the color of skin quota in any aspect feels like tokenism to me.