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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 565: All of us need to stand with Coach Brian Flores

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday former NFL Head Coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit against the NFL and three specific teams for blatant racism and discrimination in their hiring patterns and practices. Today I want to unpack and explain why this was such a bold move for a man that is still actively interviewing for head coaching positions.

We've been here before, though. And when Colin Kaepernick took a bold stand in the NFL previously, it cost him his entire career.

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Yesterday, Brian Flores, former NFL head coach of the Miami Adolphins, did something about

0:07.2

as bold and courageous and hopefully impactful as anything I've ever seen in American sports

0:15.1

and that's a lot of sports.

0:17.1

We're a nation that really worship sports even more than we worship God and I don't say

0:23.4

that loosely.

0:25.4

Sports is King in America and he took a risk and I want to really unpack and explain

0:33.8

for you all how gutsy that risk truly was.

0:39.0

Mr. Sean King and you are listening to...

1:01.2

Just moments ago I watched multiple interviews that former NFL head coach Brian Flores had

1:07.4

on CBS and ESPN and one of the things that I learned literally just 90 seconds ago

1:15.6

was that yesterday while Brian Flores filed a lawsuit against the NFL and also specifically

1:24.1

against the New York Giants, Denver Broncos and the Miami Adolphins for racism and discrimination

1:30.0

and their hiring practices and other types of mistreatment.

1:35.6

Today while he filed that lawsuit, he also had a job interview with the New Orleans Saints.

1:42.5

I want to tell you why that is so profound to me.

1:48.8

It is one thing.

1:51.8

It would always be bold for an NFL coach or former NFL coach to file a lawsuit based on racism

2:03.5

and discrimination and bigotry.

2:05.6

It would always be bold for them to file their lawsuit.

2:08.3

It doesn't matter if they're 10 years after their retirement or if they never plan on

2:12.5

coaching again.

2:14.9

But Brian Flores, who was fired from the Miami Adolphins after two winning seasons back

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