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To the editor:
What does it mean that the NFL removed the “End Racism” message behind the end zone for Super Bowl LIX, and substituted the embarrassing and meaningless message, “Choose Love?” Notwithstanding denials from the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, it is obviously a pathetic and cowardly concession to President Donald Trump who attended the game.
This reminds me of the accommodation to Adolf Hitler in the 1936 Olympics in Germany when they refused to let two Jewish track team members, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, compete because the participation of Jews would offend Hitler, who was already angered by the participation of the great track star, Jesse Owens, because he was a Black man. Hitler left the stadium during Owens’ victories, and snubbed Owens at the awards ceremony.
So now the NFL seeks to avoid offending Donald Trump who has shown nothing but contempt for minorities, especially Blacks, and is attempting to eliminate all forms of affirmative action that are clearly meant to reduce the effects of America’s racist history. The NFL players, especially the stars, should have spoken out forcefully about this concession to a racist president.
Michael J. Gorman
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