In an opinion piece Tuesday, political writer and social justice activist Shaun King declared that he’s boycotting the NFL because of its “blatant bigotry and anti-blackness.” Though 70 percent of the players and an increasing number of coaches in the NFL are black, King has concluded that the league is openly racist and thus doesn’t deserve his patronage. The final nail in the coffin of King’s NFL fandom: the “pro-Trump owners” refuse to sign the sub-par former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
King begins the announcement of his very important personal boycott by noting that he really, really like sports, particularly the NFL. In other words, this is going to be really, really hard for him:
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