Hughes: The NFL's diversity apology is illegitimate while Kaepernick remains blackballed
Cathy Hughes · How I Built Resilience: Live with Cathy Hughes · Jun 18, 2020 · at 12:35
Cathy Hughes, founder of Urban One, reacts to corporate statements on racial injustice during the 2020 civil rights protests, calling out NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's public statements.
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“How dare the NFL commissioner talk about how they support diversity, and they, Literally blackball Colin Kaepernick. All right, until he gets a job, their apology is not legitimate in a lot of black folks' mind, including mine.”
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