During a news conference Wednesday introducing Jerod Mayo as the new coach of the New England Patriots, Mayo, the first Black head coach the Patriots have ever had, put the NFL on notice that he’s not too timid to discuss race, not even after the team's owner had just said he was “really colorblind” when hiring Mayo.
What I will say, though, is I do see color because I believe if you don’t see color, you can’t see racism.
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“I want to get the best people I can get,” Patriots owner Robert Kraft said in introducing Mayo.