The retired NFL player called out several players and league officials for being complicit in racial injustices
and his peaceful kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police brutality and racial inequality.
"Look [I'm] happy they’re saying something [now] but when they had a chance to make a big play for their black teammates and colleagues most of em remained silent, showed ignorance or didn’t say anything of importance when it was really needed," the former Dallas Cowboys player added.adding that if they act out of line "the narrative wouldn’t be swagger it [would] be unfocused, not serious.
Bennett moved on to reflect on his own experience as a black player, saying that the white players he "showered with, slept next to, s-----d next to, counted on etc, etc would never speak up for me" when faced with racial injustice. In response to Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio's recent statements claiming discrimination and racism aren't problems in the NFL, he said, "and fangio saying that there’s no racism in the league is like sitting on an elephant and telling me it’s a horse."
because there are racist players, coaches, owners, GMs, trainers, executives in it," he added. "How are you leading black men that feel that racism everyday when you telling em it doesn’t exist."
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