Does Prejudism Remain in the NFL?

  Read a story by Doug Farrar of MSN about the dearth of black head coaches in the NFL. Of the 31 teams, only Miami, San Diego, and Pittsburgh have black head coaches.
  The number of such coaches fell off after the 2018 season, but I understand it normally was at about eight. Eric Bieniemy, the offensive coordinator at Kansas City, is one who would seem to be in line for an NFL top job, but so far it has been passed over.
   Only three out of 31? In a league where 70 percent of the players are black? One conjures up the day when there were no black quarterbacks, and wonders if shades of that day remain.
   It also turns my thoughts to Colin Kaepernick, as I am quick to think in that direction. Kaepernick's protests were on behalf of blacks, and against the police violence and the unequal percentage of blacks who are imprisoned, making one wonder if there exists discrimination against blacks on the streets of our nation.
   The NFL would have none of Kaepernick's protesting -- no standing up for blacks at the expense of standing up for the flag. Now, let's see: A league that disrespects protests for the equality of blacks on the streets, also fails to hire hardly any black coaches -- is there a connection?
   We may think we have left behind discrimination in America, but have we? When the issue was new and the focus was on making sure black coaches were hired, they were hired in more abundance. But, then, after a time, the number dips to but three. Do a number of owners have a preference for hiring white coaches? After a time, does prejudism edge back in?
  And, America-- we in the public? We may have left behind much of our discrimination, but do strands of it still exist? I think of the murder rate in Chicago, and of how the victims are dominantly black and of how so many of the murders go unsolved, and, yes, I wonder why. No real push to solve a crime if you don't view it as your own people being murdered? Just wonder.
  We, as a nation -- or many of us, anyway -- get upset when it is suggested blacks are discriminated against in our day. We get riled up about it. Why is that? Why can't we just look at what is happening, and be open to considering that the day of racism just might not be all the way behind us.