Many Americans are having serious discussions about race for the first time, but Bengals linebacker Jordan Evans has been talking about this for most of his life.
Evans’ father, Scott (who is a Cincinnati native and lifelong Bengals fan) is white, while his mother, Tenika, is black. Race is something that Evans has been aware of his entire life as a member of an interracial family.
“I’m not going to sit here and say I’m a political activist,” Evans said, via the Bengals’ website. “There are a lot of things I’m trying to educate myself on.