re: Longhorns WR Brennan Eagles: I Won't 'Play Another Snap' Amid Racial Injustice

Has any career offered a greater proportion of black men (often from disadvantaged backgrounds) the chance to dramatically improve their/their family’s SES and accumulate generational wealth the way that pro sports have?

It’s very hard to square that with the idea of overwhelming systemic oppression, frankly. But if he wants to bite the hand that feeds him, so to speak, I guess that’s his right.