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There will never, ever be an end to racism. Won't happen. It will always be there to some degree.

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IMO When you force people to do things in favor of minorities it only helps breed racism.

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It's a double edged sword.

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If I was the person in charge of hiring a coach(college or NFL) I should have the right to interview whoever I wanted. I shouldn't be forced to interview someone b/c of the color of their skin but b/c of their ability to do the job.

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I agree. Which goes for any job.

However, there are still people who have power to give jobs that race is still an issue. Sports is no exception.

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If I was the person in charge of hiring a coach(college or NFL) I should have the right to interview whoever I wanted.

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NFL teams do have the right to interview whoever they want. To my knowledge there is no limit to the number of interview candidates they can talk to.


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The point I was trying to make is if I had a specific person or 2 in mind for the job I should be able to interview them and only them. I shouldn't be forced into interviewing someone b/c of the color of their skin.

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I am not racist

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Thanks for the clarification.

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LOL, so true...

"Its like when people will begin a racist statement with 'Now I'm not racist, but....'"



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qft imo here's another post on this very topic (warning: may contain bbv4l content)

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the Rooney rule does seem to be having a positive impact.

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Let's not conflate causation with correlation. I'd love to see some evidence for the latter, but I don't think it's there.

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If I was the person in charge of hiring a coach(college or NFL) I should have the right to interview whoever I wanted. I shouldn't be forced to interview someone b/c of the color of their skin but b/c of their ability to do the job.

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I am not racist

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Thanks for the clarification.

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LOL, so true...

"Its like when people will begin a racist statement with 'Now I'm not racist, but....'"



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it's sad (and a sign of the times) that you have to preface debates/issues with an "I am not racist" statement...If i didn't say that this thread would be full of flaming w/ comments about The_B being racist and hating black people

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Maybe it's that a lot of assistants are lifers and that until 10-15 years ago there really was a color barrier. It takes time to even things out statistically.

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This is EXACTLY what they were saying 15-20 years ago.

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it's sad (and a sign of the times) that you have to preface debates/issues with an "I am not racist" statement...If i didn't say that this thread would be full of flaming w/ comments about The_B being racist and hating black people


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Once you preface a statement with "I'm not a racist but", it's so painfully obvious to everyone that flaming becomes a waste of time.

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What kind of questions do they ask in these interviews? Is there stupid [censored] like "what is your favorite color"?

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"what is your favorite color"?

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better not say white