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Loretta Lynch: House Negro or Corporate America’s Best Legal Counsel?
Which is it?
Not even the glittering performance of an all Black line up during the half-time interval of the Super Bowl, could wash away the allegations raised by Brian Flores, that he was offered a huge amount to throw away a few matches during his time in charge of the Miami Dolphins.
And the view that the NFL is nothing more than a modern day plantation was one that had gained considerable momentum, since the Flores discrimination lawsuit hit public consciousness.
At least, this was the case until yesterday.
Then the news broke that the former attorney-general under President Obama —Loretta Lynch — had been retained as the legal counsel of the NFL to deal with the allegations raised by the former head coach of the Dolphins.
And you don’t need to have the brains of Einstein of work out what the NFL is trying to do here: hire a black lawyer in order to give itself the semblance of credibility and progressiveness, knowing fully well that the converse was and still is true.
But the questions on everyone’s (at least Black folks) minds are, why would Loretta Lynch take on the job of defending one of the most stubbornly conservative and racist institutions in America?