The announcement comes the same day a White House official told NBC News that President Donald Trump would be attending the game.

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    Legit question. What happens if every single black player just REFUSES to play at the superbowl?

    Like, lets say you get opening kickoff, and it’s a white guy kicker. So he kicks the ball. It lands at about the 15 yard line. And just NOBODY even attempts anything. They all just stand there, pointing at the endzones.

    And it’s both teams. I don’t know exact numbers, but I’d guess every teams roster is 90%+ black.

    And since it’s both teams, you can’t call one side a forfeit.

    I think they should. Embarass the NFL on the biggest stage. The game is Feb 9th. This would be the lead story Feb 10th. They either repaint it back onto the endzones DURING the game, reschedule the game, or the whole game is 0-0, with a clock running down for 3 hours.

    What would the NFL do?

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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      Fire all black people and somehow fault them for the whole thing.

      At least if the rest of the country does not show solidarity and doesn’t organize a general strike - which is illegal by the way.

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        Fire every black person in the NFL??? Hooooooooboy.

        2026 headline. “NFL viewership falls to 3. As in there are now 3 people still watching.”

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        Why are people talking about a general strike in the USA? Surely you must realise everyone is too busy keeping their heads above water.

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          What the fuck? No wonder Trump is doing whatever the fuck he wants, Americans are too busy thinking about losing some of the comfort if they try raising their voice.

          General strike and massive protests should have happened days ago.

          It is beyond surreal that he is just face fucking everyone right now, and noone is doing anything. Because they are worried about losing their comfort.

          Just wait a bit longer and you won’t have any comfort left anyway.

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            Honey, sweetheart, half the population voted for him. He won the popular vote.

            Half the population would work as scabs for free.

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              Honey, sweetheart, I used to fight the fucking police during protests, over the course of years, in pretty much authoritarian society, where I was a minority by any means. We eventually won.

              Americans are fucking cowards.For all the talk about their guns and bravery and freedom and all that shit, they are just paper tigers. Americans got comfortable and would now rather suck a dick than suffer some discomfort. Fucking representatives writing strongly worded posts on Twitter or BlueSky instead of raising hell on the streets. Incredible.

              Also, 33% of eligible voters voted for Trump, so don’t act as if he has some massive majority.

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          Why are people talking about a general strike in the USA? Surely you must realise everyone is too busy keeping their heads above water.

          As opposed to the other general strikes done in times of plenty and happiness?

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    Wouldn’t want the snowflakes feeling bad about their natural tendencies, would we?

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    Imagine a world where every single POC quit on the spot. Goddamn, that would be beautiful.

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      Sadly it only happens on The Boondocks when the players went on strike to protest racial injustice and it forced political change. In reality the athletes liked money too much to support Kapernick or individually support BLM.

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    Kiss the ring, lick the boot. These giant, greedy corporations are fucking pathetic…

    EDIT: “Bend the knee” has different connotations, as pointed out by some MFs…

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    Not everything has to be drenched in politics at all times. And doing so is not a crime, aside to those cultist people, whether they are on the right or the left.

    Edit:

    Wow. Some people here really want politics into everything.

    Shocker: Not everyone wants that, 24/7. That is how you alienate average people and why trump got elected.

    Not because people are racist, as this sort of thing comes off as a cult. Despite the obvious good intentions. Can’t be the only one that sees this. I mean, can’t be, since the orange man won. And I say this as a non-American looking in.

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        Do you think people need to be annoyed or reminded of this 24/7? Why not put, Eat more vegetables? Or, Water Great! Or, Chew your food before swallowing to prevent choking? Point is that as well meaning as they are, the constant, propaganda style messaging is annoying. And counterproductive, unless you think you are special and the only one who wants to be, you know, not racist. It comes off as patronising. I mean, you may disagree but I am sure this is a big reason why it is being removed.

        Why do you not tattoo end racism on your forehead? You are not being political, you just want to remind people of something most people actively do not want to be. Do it. Take a photo of it. Unless you are a racist, because why would you not do it, otherwise?

        I look forward to you posting a photo of your forehead.

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          Do you think people need to be annoyed or reminded of this 24/7?

          I’m really sorry that it may annoy you to be reminded of all the non-white folks who continue to struggle under a now increasingly racist nation. A nation, I might add, which is on an upward trajectory of bigotry and racism due to the current president, who I am 100% sure is directly or indirectly responsible for the removal of the slogan.

          It was a visible, ongoing show of support from a wealthy, large organization, which carries impacts beyond what individual football fans may need to be reminded about.

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    I was going to go out and do some racist shit today, but I saw that the NFL wanted to end it, so now I’m seriously reconsidering said racist shit.

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      I like a society that openly makes racists uncomfortable for their beliefs. It lets them know they’re unwelcome, even if it doesn’t change their mind.

      Silence is agreement, afterall.

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        Making racists openly uncomfortable without changing their minds just makes them use dog-whistles, sneakier tactics, and play martyr; and when the ruling authorities (like the government, powerful corporations, world leaders) fuck up, racists can just take advantage of that. The great irony is that “End Racism” is doing everything but actually ending racism, because actually ending racism would be a threat to a lot of people in power, namely the police who rely on fear of Black people, mega-corporations who scapegoat Jews, countless corporations who rely on prison labor, ICE agents who’d be put out of a job if immigrants were welcomed in, and so on and so forth. Racists, from 2008 to 2024, were not foreign, dangerous wolves who needed to be shoved back into the forest. They were rich, well-respected, and relied on racism for their powerful position in society.

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          Its marketing which is always going to be a useless waste of words. I’d rather live in the country where “end racism” was a platitude rather than a number of alternatives such as where “end woke” is the platitude du jour.

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    My consolation is that these motherfuckers are not ready for how hard the pendulum will swing back.

    It will be a proper wrecking ball.

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      I agree, what’s that timeline look like for you though? 4 years? 8 years? The “wait” is gonna fuckin’ suck.

      Crossing my fingers for the first trans president, though.

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        Frankly I couldn’t tell you, but whatever the timeline is, I expect it will be much faster than before, as everything is.

        There are a few very young politicians and new media commentators that know what’s up, and I think we should rally around them.

        In the meantime, boycott as best as possible, build, develop and protect your community and funk up the authoritarian machinery at every turn possible.

        The revolution will be federated.

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    I mean I am all for ending racism, but if we are being honest with ourselves the little “end racism” banner wasn’t doing shit for race relations lol.

    Spending time with people outside your bubble is always good even if it’s uncomfortable at first. There are countless records of racist white guys joining the army and leaving with a different perspective on the different races. People raised by racists who then went and spent time being shot at and laughing next to people they had been told were somehow different than them simply because of their skin pigmentation. Many people came back from military service with friends of all nationalities.

    Anyway the whole “End racism” banner feels a lot like the “gun free zone” signs. The people who are going to read the sign and listen to it are probably already following those instructions. The people who are going to ignore it and continue on their way weren’t going to read it in the first place.