How Marshawn Lynch Says So Much By Barely Saying Anything

But why should Lynch or any black man not control his narrative and instead leave it to a media that is increasingly trying to impress bean counters and (m)ad men more than they are concerned about edifying hungry readers?

I wish Mike Brown or Akai Gurley, or Eric Garner or Tamir Rice had the chance to control their narratives after they were killed by police. But I digress.

Lynch actually does lengthy interviews and articulates himself very well. In fact, when you look at the Seahawks, the last thing you think is “dumb jock,” and that’s how it should be. Black plus sports does not have to equal stupid.

Whatever Lynch and others say after the outcome of Superbowl XLIX, we’ll know exactly how smart the players are, and hopefully how smart the media can be if they want to.

Madison J. Gray is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based multimedia journalist specializing in urban issues and criminal justice. He writes for NewsOne on the subject of Black males in America. Follow him on Twitter @madisonjgray.

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