NEW YORK (AP) – The Rev. Jesse Jackson is criticizing the NFL for not including any African-American women when it brought on three domestic violence experts as consultants.
The league said Monday that Lisa Friel, Jane Randel and Rita Smith would serve as ”senior advisers.” About two-thirds of NFL players are African-American, according to The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.
Jackson said Tuesday: ”Where is the jury of your peers?” The civil rights leader calls the lack of diversity among the senior advisers a ”shameful insensitivity” that ”compounds the credibility crisis.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been under heavy criticism for his handling of the domestic abuse case involving star running back Ray Rice.
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