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NFL will remove ‘End Racism’ from the end zones ahead of Super Bowl (www.today.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I hard disagree. It would be different if it said something like "black lives matter" but "end racism" is far to vague to be useful. People who are deliberately racist aren't going to stop and the people who are biased will just keep being biased since that's not racism in there minds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

People who are deliberately racist aren’t going to stop

They may not change their minds, but they do change their actions.

and the people who are biased will just keep being biased since that’s not racism in there minds.

If these people are exhibiting racist behavior they think is acceptable, and those around them admonish them for that behavior, it can affect change.

I don't know how old you are, but we've already seen the pattern of societal behavior change from social pressures and awareness.

In the 1990s it was very common to use the word "gay" as a slur disconnected to that person's actual sexual orientation, but merely as an insult as though being gay was a bad thing. It was common in the young and adults. However, you don't see that today. If you use the word "gay" as a slur, you're seen as homophobic and its a large social turnoff to all but the far right.

"Stop Littering" campaigns are another example about using social pressures to change behavior.

This clip from the TV show Mad Men was shocking to the audience when we saw it, because we couldn't believe they could be so thoughtless to litter like that:

How did that change? Campaigns like "End Racism" at NFL games work to affect change to make that a reality.