When the NFL held its annual draft in late April, a stunning visual repeated itself.
Cameras zoomed in on the head coach and general manager of the team on the clock, with those franchise decision makers sitting at home with their respective families. Over and over again, the coach or general manager was white. Then the camera cut to the player who was selected, many of whom were black, and the contrast could not have been more clear:
Despite the NFL players being 70 percent black, only four of the 32 teams have minority head coaches. Two have minority general managers.