I FOUGHT THE LEAGUE AND THE LEAGUE WON? Brian Flores, Colin Kaepernick, Race & the NFL

For many people, the Super Bowl halftime show is the highlight of the evening, and this year’s extravaganza was significant beyond just its being a demonstration of vintage hip-hop and rap which both pleased the core adult audience with nostalgia, while also presenting, in effect, a safe show for those who didn’t know or thought they didn’t like that music. The real significance may have been that the show was put together by Jay-Z and his company Roc Nation as the biggest, and many might say first, major…