Saints' Malcolm Jenkins calls on NFL owners to promote racial equality legislation
NFL safety and advocate Malcolm Jenkins appeared on "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah," Monday. Jenkins has been a vocal leader on issues concerning racial inequality both in and outside of the league, and he called on NFL owners to use their political powers to implement real change.
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MALCOLM JENKINS: It's cool to put out statements and to cut checks. But where the NFL really has a lot of power is in its lobby.
KYLIE MAR: New Orleans Saints safety and racial justice advocate Malcolm Jenkins appeared on "The Daily Show" Monday where he called on NFL owners to use their political lobbying power to stop systemic racism.
MALCOLM JENKINS: We'd love to see them take that same kind of power and clout and use it to help in the areas that players are standing up for, and our players are protesting about. That is the biggest way I think that they can help players initiatives is really help push it on a legislative standpoint.
KYLIE MAR: While Jenkins would like owners to bring forward legislation to help all those affected by racism, he believes they can at least start by implementing changes in their own buildings.
MALCOLM JENKINS: We have 70% of players that are black. How many head coaches do you have that are black? How many GMs do you have that are black? How many presidents do you have?
Zero owners, zero presidents. I think there may be two or three GMs and less than four head coaches. And so those are immediate things that they need to be addressing and looking at.
