Kirk Herbstreit And Racial Justice

[Joe Hass]

College Gameday yesterday featured a nine-minute segment (an eternity in US television outside of 60 Minutes) on systemic racism and how it affected college sports. After the segment, Rece Davis went around the metaphorical horn to get reactions. He ended it with Herbstreit, who had what I can only describe as an authentic moment when the synapses fire for that first time.

https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/1302294574598156288

[PGage]

That’s a great description Joe. I watched him yesterday and struggled, torn between not wanting to be cynical about his very moving, seemingly authentic reaction on the one hand, and the persistent thoughts of: “Dude, you have lived your entire life among college football players, is today really the first day you have understood the racism they have been dealing with forever?“

When Doc Rivers got emotional, it wasn’t because he just figured out police were more likely to kill or treat him or his sons with violence; it was out of exhaustion that this far into the 21st century he still has to fight it.

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 8:34 AM Joe Hass <hassg...@gmail.com> wrote:

College Gameday yesterday featured a nine-minute segment (an eternity in US television outside of 60 Minutes) on systemic racism and how it affected college sports. After the segment, Rece Davis went around the metaphorical horn to get reactions. He ended it with Herbstreit, who had what I can only describe as an authentic moment when the synapses fire for that first time.

https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/1302294574598156288

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[Joe Hass]

We can't control when other's metaphorically see the light. I can believe someone can spend hundreds, if not thousands, of hours with a group of people and only know them superficially.

Maria Taylor (who was in the top right, handled the segment, and also broke down as Herbstreit talked) said this to the Athletic: "But when Herbie started talking, I thought that is the response I want every person that is not of color to have these conversations. His passion was real and raw and all he was saying was that this is unacceptable, and I want people to feel for the black community. They deserve to be treated better because they do. That is what hit home to me. We have these conversations all the time and I appreciate him and I love him and vice versa. I know it is mutual. But to hear him say that on behalf of the entire community was overwhelming for me. It just brought me to tears. It was so emotional. I was on the verge of tears coming out of the feature anyway."

At some point, I'll share with this group what it's like for a white guy who lived his life in the suburbs to have cops treat him like a black guy for six minutes.

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