I'm not really a fan of bringing up racial issues in the NFL... No_Hablo_Ingles
Uh, well the NFL hasn't exactly been the posterchild for equal representaiton in terms of race. Up until 2007 no black coach had ever taken his team to the Superbowl, before the Dungy tree black coaches were a rarity, and for the longest time the most glamorous positions were dominated by white players. That's slowly been changing for a while, but even now you see some remnants of it. I'd say the QB position is pretty much the last bastion of that era as there are still very few starting QBs who are black, and fewer still that are considered good enough to hold the position long-term. Even that's being eroded, though, as there are more and more black QBs in college every year, and hence more and more making it to the NFL. Also, just to clarify, I'm not saying that African-Americans should be given positions as starters just because they're black, I'm just saying that it's been a systematic thing in football going down to the high school level where there's been a lack of representation that's carried through up to the pro level.
Good for Hillis by the way, although I wouldn't really call it a milestone, more a part of the process. There was a point in time where a lack of representation at the running back position existed for African Americans, and over time they eroded that by encouraging more and more black players at the high school levels to play that position, which eventually led to the position being dominated by African Americans. This isn't so much a milestone for whites as it is an indication that the old system of prejudices is gone (in regards to football), and that we're no longer focused on race in regards to the position because we don't have to be anymore. Also, white people are not a minority. We may not be a majority in terms of representation at this specific position, but that does not make us a minority as we still occupy the largest segment of the U.S. population.
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