Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

The grievance that Panthers safety Eric Reid filed against the Bengals for not signing him earlier this year has been denied by the arbitrator. Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled the Bengals were within their rights to ask Reid if he was going to continue kneeling during playing of the national anthem, the sources said. . . The NFLPA had argued the Bengals based their decision to pass on Reid solely on his answer to the question about the anthem. Eventually, Reid signed with the Panthers on a one-year, $1.39 million deal. Carolina’s front office reportedly did not ask Reid about whether or not he planned to continue protesting before signing him. #nfl pantherswire.usatoday.com

Broncos passing on Colin Kaepernick looks even more ridiculous after Chad Kelly's arrest There were plenty of excuses thrown around for why NFL teams weren’t signing Colin Kaepernick, but the three most prevalent reasons were… Kaepernick would create a distraction in the locker room. The team would have to tailor the offense to Kaepernick’s strengths because he’s not a pocket passer. Kaepernick did not make it clear that he was committed to the game. If any of those were remotely accurate — none of them are — it would make some sense that Kaepernick remains unemployed. But it’s not like we haven’t seen teams take a chance on quarterbacks carrying those very concerns. One of those teams being the Denver Broncos, whose GM John Elway was deposed in the Kaepernick’s collusion case against the league. The Broncos, of course, have been looking for a quarterback since Peyton Manning retired. Elway tried to trade for Kaepernick before the 2016 season but the QB refused to take

Could a celebrity boycott of the Super Bowl really help Colin Kaepernick? Schumer vowed not to appear in Super Bowl ads, and Rihanna reportedly turned down a chance to perform during halftime. Rihanna’s reported boycott of the Super Bowl appears to be having a ripple effect. Last week, news broke that the  pop star turned down an invite to perform at the 2019 Super Bowl  halftime show. She reportedly declined because of the NFL’s treatment of  Colin Kaepernick , the quarterback shut out of the league after kneeling during the national anthem to raise awareness about police brutality. After word spread that Rihanna turned down a request to appear at the halftime show, comedian Amy Schumer shared on Instagram that  she would not appear in any Super Bowl ads . “I personally told my reps I wouldn’t do a Super Bowl commercial this year,” Schumer, who previously appeared in a  2016 Super Bowl ad for Bud Light , wrote. “I know it must sound like a privilege ass sacrifice but it’s a

Is African-American, Hispanic poverty at all-time low? Is African-American, Hispanic poverty at all-time low? In 2017, African-American poverty was 21.2 percent, which was below the previous record low of 21.8 percent the previous year, 2016. (Prior to 2002, data is available only for "black" Americans. After that year, data is available for "black alone" and "black alone or in combination." We used the data for "black alone or in combination" for the period in which it is available.) Meanwhile, for Hispanics, the 2017 poverty rate was 18.3 percent, which edged out the previous record low of 19.4 percent in 2016. African-American poverty peaked at 41.8 percent in 1966. Hispanic poverty peaked at 30.7 percent in 1994. While Trump didn’t directly take credit for the decline in his Wheeling remarks, it’s worth noting that the poverty rate had fallen for several years running under his predecessor, President Barack O