Itâs often said that in regard to the rampant racism and discriminatory behavior that permeates this God-forsaken planet, that silence is complicity. But whatâs it called when youâre loud and proud about being inconvenienced by treating marginalized groupsâof which you donât belong toâwith dignity and respect?
I guess itâs called âAmericaââor in this instance, âJay Gruden.â
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On the same day that the Washington Football Team announced that it would reveal its new name on Feb. 2, a week or so before the Super Bowl, Sports Illustrated reports that the franchiseâs former head coach appeared on Russell & Medhurst, a Washington D.C.-based radio show, to spew his unique brand of bigoted fuck shit.
âAre you guys just trying to figure out the new name? Itâs so exciting.â Gruden asked the showâs hosts sarcastically. âI donât think anybody really cares other than you guys.â
He continued, âI donât want to ruffle any feathers, but they shouldâve never changed the name in the first place.â
SPOILER WARNING: Anything that comes after âI donât want to ruffle any feathers, but…â is about to do exactly that. And while itâs safe to say that Washington never shouldâve hired Gruden in the first placeâthough the apple doesnât fall far from the tree in that familyâthe team absolutely did the right thing by ditching its previous nameâeven if it was only because owner Dan Snyderâs hand was forced.
For 87 years, the franchiseâs monicker was literally a racial slur and Iâm pretty sure Gruden wouldnât keep that same energy if the team was named the Washington Caucasians or the Alabaster Assholes (which is reportedly a finalist for the franchiseâs new name). Which reminds me: Yâall think Gruden is down with critical race theory?
Gruden sounding like one of Americaâs founding fathers should come as absolutely no surprise whatsoever, but in the end, this is a teachable moment: Shutting the entire fuck up is always an option.
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