If not for the discrimination that comes with racism, Black athletes would’ve dominated the NFL, NBA and many other major sports in the US. Today’s professional athletes indeed work their asses off to make their teams, but let’s compare their multi-million dollar contracts to the amount of money the team owners are raking in and you’ll find that my slave analogy is apt.

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