Today, a lot of old Black men will be rooting for the KC Chiefs. It has nothing to do with Taylor Swift, a Black QB or Travis Kelce's pioneering haircut. It's about HBCUs, Black history, a kidnapping & white affirmative action. How Racism Invented the Super Bowl A thread.
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Pro football existed before the NFL. Independent football teams played each other & they even crowned a "national champion." Remember, many colleges were segregated, which meant a lot of the BEST football players played at HBCUs, Ivy League colleges & on the West Coast.