{"id":59478,"date":"2020-02-05T02:11:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T02:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=59478"},"modified":"2020-02-05T02:11:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T02:11:59","slug":"mahomes-performance-leaves-no-doubt-black-nfl-qbs-have-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=59478","title":{"rendered":"Mahomes’ performance leaves no doubt: Black NFL QB’s have arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mahomes’ performance leaves no doubt: Black NFL QB’s have arrived<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

NBC News<\/a>
\n2020-02-04<\/p>\n

Curtis Bunn<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nPatrick Mahomes<\/a>, 24, of the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> became the youngest quarterback<\/a> to be named Super Bowl MVP<\/a>. Mike Blake \/ Reuters<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u201cMahomes’ performance was uplifting and annihilates the narrative that African American quarterbacks<\/a> are somehow less capable.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Doug Williams<\/a> did it first. Russell Wilson<\/a> came next. And Patrick Mahomes<\/a> is now the third African American quarterback to win a Super Bowl<\/a>, and his explosive performance on Sunday confirmed, if anyone still questioned, that the era of the black NFL QB<\/a> is upon us.<\/p>\n

With the world watching, Mahomes brought the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> back from a 10-point deficit in the final minutes, catapulting the franchise to its first Super Bowl win in 50 years, 31-20, over the shell-shocked San Francisco 49ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the first time in a week, there was an athletic performance impressive enough to distract sports fans from the tragic death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMahomes’ performance was uplifting and annihilates the narrative that African American quarterbacks are somehow less capable,\u201d said Clint Crawford, an engineer, after getting a haircut at his favorite barbershop in Los Angeles<\/a> Monday. \u201cHe executed when it counted most and demonstrated the kind of toughness and fiery resolve we came to expect from athletes like Tom Brady<\/a> and Kobe Bryant<\/a>.\u201d…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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