{"id":1803518,"date":"2023-01-12T11:20:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T16:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1803518"},"modified":"2023-01-12T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T16:25:49","slug":"duke-university-assistant-professor-ridiculously-claims-football-injuries-are-racist-and-disproportionately-affects-black-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duke-university-assistant-professor-ridiculously-claims-football-injuries-are-racist-and-disproportionately-affects-black-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke University Assistant Professor Ridiculously Claims Football Injuries Are Racist and \u201cDisproportionately Affects Black Men\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fduke-university-assistant-professor-ridiculously-claims-football-injuries-are-racist-and-disproportionately-affects-black-men%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1803518&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Scientific American published an essay claiming that football injuries are now considered racist. This is the question: Who made it? \u2018profound\u2019 claim? Meet Tracie Canada, assistant professor at Duke University. She is claiming that \u201cviolence\u201d In football \u201cdisproportionately affects Black men.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8041 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.38.17-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1738\" height=\"1162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.38.17-PM.png 1738w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.38.17-PM-300x201-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.38.17-PM-1340x896-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.38.17-PM-768x513-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.38.17-PM-360x240-1.png 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.38.17-PM-480x320-1.png 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.38.17-PM-720x480-1.png 720w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.38.17-PM-750x501-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.38.17-PM-1200x802-1.png 1200w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Reinoso took the photo. It is free for use under the Unsplash License<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Canada, an assistant professor in cultural anthropology, published &#8220;A Canadian Perspective on Cultural Anthropology&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/damar-hamlins-collapse-highlights-the-violence-black-men-experience-in-football\/\">Piece<\/a> At the magazine titled \u201cDamar Hamlin\u2019s Collapse Highlights the Violence Black Men Experience in Football,\u201d essentially claiming that the heart attack the Bills\u2019 safety received was less the result of just a random occurrence, and in fact caused deliberately by racism.<\/p>\n<p>The assistant professor goes as far as to say that Hamlin\u2019s heart attack was \u201chorrific for both its regularity and its exceptionality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Canada \u201cThe ordinariness of men running into each other full speed represents a normalized\u2014even rationalized\u2014violence that is routine to this American game.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8039 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.39-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1084\" height=\"1090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.39-PM.png 1084w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.39-PM-298x300-1.png 298w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.39-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.39-PM-768x772-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.39-PM-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.39-PM-750x754-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sciam Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2023\/01\/miracle-buffalo-bills-damar-hamlin-off-breathing-tube-and-speaking\/\">Buffalo Bills\u2019 Damar Hamlin Off Breathing Tube And Speaking<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just reading that alone let\u2019s remember two basic things\u2014 this is a game and there are more than just black people who play football. This portrays a scenario in which black football fans deliberately pit black men against one another in involuntary gladiator games. These are not football games that are played by all races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Black men are severely underrepresented in positions of power across football organizations, such as coaching and management, they are overrepresented on the gridiron,\u201d Canada claimed. \u201cNon-white players account for the 70 precent of the NFL; nearly half of all Division I college football players are Black.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther, through a process called racial stacking, coaches racially segregate athletes by playing position. These demographic discrepancies place Black athletes at a higher risk during play.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/12\/kansas-city-chiefs-quarterback-patrick-mahomes-wife-calls-out-officials-after-mahomes-chucked-to-the-ground\/\">Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes\u2019 Wife Calls Out Officials After Mahomes Chucked To The Ground<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canada continues to claim that the NFL is inherently racist. Canada refers to Billy Hawkins who, a sociolog, claims that all black men in America are still treated equally despite all the progress made in racial equality and equity. \u201cnever theoretically far from the plantation fields.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t stop there, she also accused football team owners and stakeholders of treating \u201cblack bodies for their productive potential and physical prowess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s stop here for a moment. What about the white players, who are hurt on the field? Canada would have wept \u201cracism\u201d What if a latino athlete had fallen on the field in place of Hamlin?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8042 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.42.27-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1706\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.42.27-PM.png 1706w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.42.27-PM-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.42.27-PM-1340x675-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.42.27-PM-768x387-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.42.27-PM-750x378-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.42.27-PM-1200x605-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">YouTube: Damar Hammer falls through Cincinnati Crew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/12\/robert-griffin-iii-apologizes-for-using-term-racial-slur-during-lead-up-to-monday-night-football-broadcast\/\">Robert Griffin III Apologizes for Using Racially Insensitive Language During Monday Night Football Broadcast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She continues \u201cThe league encourages and facilitates rigorous training and disciplining so players can execute seemingly impossible corporeal demands, all in the service of entertainment, money-making, and insatiable fandom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost hard to argue with that sentence, since basically what she just described is the very concept of having a job.<\/p>\n<p>This article&#8217;s biggest problem is the inability to provide actual numbers showing that Black players were more often injured on the field. <em>Maybe<\/em>, just maybe she\u2019d have a legitimate case to make. She doesn\u2019t though, and that\u2019s not my opinion, she admits it herself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8040 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.51-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1092\" height=\"1196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.51-PM.png 1092w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.51-PM-274x300-1.png 274w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.51-PM-768x841-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-1.35.51-PM-750x821-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Canada claims in the article that she is unaware of any research that compares and shows the. \u201crate of injury between Black and white football players.\u201d This willful ignorance doesn\u2019t stop her from accusing the NFL of benefiting \u201cboth culturally and financially\u201d From Black athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, people who have an ounce of common sense saw this online and immediately buried Canada\u2019s asinine thesis. Tony Dungy (former coach and NFL Hall of Famer) is one of those critics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a black man and former NFL player I can say this article is absolutely ridiculous,\u201d tweeted Dungy. Ridiculous indeed Dungy, ridiculous indeed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/12\/report-nfl-executive-troy-vincent-compares-nfl-combine-to-slave-auction\/\">NFL Executive Troy Vincent compares NFL Combine To \u201cSlave Auction\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific American published an essay claiming that football injuries are now considered racist. This is the question: Who made it? \u2018profound\u2019 claim? Meet Tracie Canada, assistant professor at Duke University. She is claiming that \u201cviolence\u201d In football \u201cdisproportionately affects Black men.\u201d Ryan Reinoso took the photo. 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