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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll recently delivered a speech in response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement in a recent press conference. He called on his fellow NFL coaches to use their platforms to address the issues at hand and to participate in the upcoming elections to be held in November. He also asked the white people to listen to the plight of the people with color around them.
“This is about racism in America that white people don’t know,” Pete Carroll said.
“They don’t know enough. And they need to be coached up and they need to be educated about what the heck is going on in this world.”
“Black people can’t scream anymore,” the Seahawks coach went on. “They can’t march anymore or they can’t bare their souls anymore to what they’ve lived with for hundreds of years.”
“This is a calling today for coaches, specifically, to take that leadership opportunity,” Carroll continued.
“Let’s step up. No more being quiet. No more being afraid to talk to topics. No more, you know, I might lose my job over this, because I’ve taken a stand here. Screw it.”
The Seahawks were among the teams which canceled team practices in lieu of the recent shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The incident involving the 29-year old man caught nationwide attention including athletes across different sports.
Newly-acquired safety Jamal Adams appreciated the effort made by Carroll and the rest of the Seahawks, and expressed his gratitude on Twitter:
Big thank you to Coach Pete, John Schneider & the entire Seahawks organization for really hearing us as Black athletes. This is a special place, like I've said before where everyone’s willing to learn and understand that wrong is wrong, and right is right.
— Jamal Adams (@Prez) August 29, 2020
Hopefully, Carroll’s call for action will successfully spark a change among the NFL head coaches and for them not to turn a blind eye on the current racial issues being experienced in America.
