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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Standing Up for Racial Justice in the NFL

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In the midst of historic upheaval against racial injustice, NFL stars such as Anquan Boldin, Colin Kaepernick and Malcolm Jenkins use their platforms to fight for progressive change.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:10.6

You left the NFL to found like an organization that really is tasked with justice.

0:18.6

You know, you set up to create the players coalition,

0:21.6

which is an organization that has said,

0:23.6

Hey man, we're going to try and make a difference using the NFL as a platform

0:27.6

to get racial justice out there.

0:29.8

Take me through a little bit of the why.

0:32.6

You know, like everyone has a different story as to why they get into the work that they get into.

0:37.0

Why was this the move for you?

0:38.8

Yeah, for me, it was really important.

0:41.2

Unfortunately, I lost my cousin at the hands of law enforcement.

0:46.2

My cousin was a drummer in a band and one night after a show,

0:51.2

he had just played with his band.

0:53.0

He was on his way home.

0:54.0

Ended a break and down on the side of the road long story short.

0:58.8

Law enforcement officer killed them while he was on the phone with roadside assistance.

1:04.0

So for me, seeing the pain that my family went through,

1:09.2

seeing how long the process was before we felt like justice was served.

1:15.4

I didn't want any other family to have to deal with that.

1:18.4

And for me and my family, you know, although we feel like there's a lot of families in this country,

1:23.0

man, that not only get justice, but don't get their day in court.

1:27.0

So I feel like with the platform that I had,

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