Well over half the players in the National Football League are Black, but you can count on one hand the number of Black head coaches or general managers. That's been a problem for years, though a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court alleging racism in hiring and recruitment has cast a new spotlight on it. Washington Post sports columnist Kevin Blackistone joins William Brangham to discuss.

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