{"id":555934,"date":"2021-06-07T17:06:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T21:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555934"},"modified":"2021-06-07T17:06:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T21:06:24","slug":"this-is-the-definition-of-systematic-racism-former-nfl-player-rips-into-nfl-over-race-norming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-the-definition-of-systematic-racism-former-nfl-player-rips-into-nfl-over-race-norming\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This Is The Definition Of Systematic Racism\u2019: Former NFL Player Rips Into NFL Over \u2019Race-Norming\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fthis-is-the-definition-of-systematic-racism-former-nfl-player-rips-into-nfl-over-race-norming%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=555934&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1268943777.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Last week, the NFL announced its intention to halt the use of \u201crace-norming\u201d \u2014 a controversial practice in which the league assumed black players started out with lower cognitive functions than players of other races when allocating settlement funds. <\/span><span>The league also has promised to review past scores to see if there has been any potential racial bias.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As part of the payout process in a $1 billion settlement of past brain injury claims by former players, the practice has allegedly made it more difficult for black players to prove cognitive decline from brain injuries suffered from hits to the head during their playing careers. The NFL has previously stated the practice was up to the doctor\u2019s discretion and was optional.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And while the promise by the NFL is a step in the right direction, it does not change the fact that retired black players have been unfairly judged on a different cognitive scale for years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Retired NFL player Jack Brewer spoke with The Daily Wire, and was irate with the league.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor the league to always take the side of the vision to divide everyone in the name of righteousness, they try to take the high road by posting BLM \u2026 \u00a0any holiday, black history month, they want to be the first ones out there projecting to the world that they\u2019re about righteousness, equality and fairness,\u201d Brewer said. \u201cBut then in their own business practices, they\u2019re willing to go back into pre-Jim Crow era garbage like this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cImagine using this type of system to warrant whether a guy is worthy of getting compensation from concussions. You\u2019re going to scale us like we\u2019re some monkeys or something and don\u2019t understand how to comprehend? This stuff is bad news. When you talk about racism, this is the definition of racism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The topic of \u201crace-norming\u201d was first brought to attention last year when two former players \u2014 Najeh Davenport and Kevin Henry \u2014 filed a civil rights lawsuit accusing the league of \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/clinicians-fear-nfls-concussion-settlement-program-protocols-discriminate\/story?id=75646704\"><span>explicitly and deliberately<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d discriminating against black players.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you\u2019re black, they\u2019re just assuming you have one level and if you\u2019re white, you got a whole different level,\u201d Brewer told The Daily Wire. \u201cSo, what they\u2019re saying is if they see a decline in a white man, he started off smarter. Where if they see a decline in a black man, they\u2019re saying that he was already stupid. I don\u2019t know about you, but I had my master\u2019s degree before I went to the NFL. That\u2019s a slap in my face.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI wear sunglasses because I\u2019m sensitive to light because I\u2019ve gotten concussions from the NFL. So, all of a sudden you make me into this person that I was already on mental decline,\u201d Brewer continued. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy and I think of some of my boys who are way worse off than I am. It\u2019s almost like they\u2019re treating us like experimental monkeys or something.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When asked how he would like to see the NFL make up for their past transgressions, Brewer said he wants more than just the admission of guilt regarding race-norming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFirst off, admitting that anything pre-2010 or 2011, that you weren\u2019t even diagnosing concussions when they were happening. Come out and go ahead and say that,\u201d Brewer said. \u201cSay that we were getting knocked out on the field, taking smelling salts, and you were telling us we didn\u2019t have concussions. If you say that and admit to that, we can accept it. But the fact that you lied to us as our doctors, as the people that were literally hired and that we trusted \u2014 we trust our doctors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you tell me I don\u2019t have a concussion, I\u2019m going to keep playing as if I don\u2019t have a concussion. And so now when we look back in hindsight, we know exactly what they were doing, but to come in and try to cover this up and to put in these prehistoric protocols into the system, to where you\u2019re taking our intelligence levels and literally saying that we were born dumb anyway. I\u2019m not okay with that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The hypocrisy of the NFL is too much for Brewer. The NFL has been synonymous with the social justice movement ever since Colin Kaepernick began taking a knee during the national anthem in 2016. In a May statement, the NFL addressed the anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s death by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/one-year-after-the-death-of-george-floyd-the-sports-world-reacts\"><span>stating<\/span><\/a><span> \u201c<\/span><span>The work for equitable justice must continue and the NFL and its clubs are proud to work alongside NFL players to build a more just society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou\u2019re covering it up while you\u2019re claiming to be the poster child of racial justice,\u201d said Brewer. \u201cThat\u2019s where it goes overboard. You\u2019re trying to go out here and promote that your brand and this shield is the poster child of racial equality \u2014 and behind the scenes \u2014 you\u2019re trying to literally steal billions of dollars of compensation as owed to African-American players by categorizing us like we\u2019re monkeys.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/sports\/nfl-halt-race-norming-which-assumed-black-players-had-lower-n1269435\">NBC News<\/a>, more than 2,000 former NFL players have filed dementia claims, with fewer than 600 receiving compensation. 379 players with early-stage dementia have averaged $516,000 compensation, while 207 players with moderate dementia have received an average of $715,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m gonna tell you right now, I don\u2019t want a dime from the NFL. So I\u2019m going to make that clear again \u2026I don\u2019t want a dime from the NFL. I don\u2019t need their money, but I know a lot of guys that do. I\u2019m fighting for them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am irate. I think that is embarrassing,\u201d Brewer continued. \u201cI think the fans and anybody who watches the National Football League should call a spade a spade \u2014 call them as they are \u2014 because this is the definition of systematic racism. If the left is looking for systematic racism, they can go right into New York City to the NFL offices because allowing this to happen, that\u2019s exactly what this is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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