A Prime Opportunity: Coach Prime & Jackson State Football Diversity

[@totoriina43]

I know we all Black and Proud 💪🏿💪🏿 But part of our African Spirit is doing the right thing and right by people...Keep it up Coach We love you man

[@PsychedelicLiterature]

Coach Sanders is continuing the storied tradition of HBCUs being vanguards of education and equality. In the late 1960s, JSU President John Peoples hired several white nuns with PhDs who had limited opportunities because of their gender and religious commitments: yet, those nuns also contributed greatly to Dr. Peoples’ plan to expand and certify new programs and colleges, which helped to transition Jackson State College into Jackson State University. Thus, HBCUs have long been the most innovative forces in moving America forward. So, it is apropos that Coach Sanders continues this work.

[@ctez1023]

Thanks for that history lesson

[@cleosmithjr]

This is what life's about, there is no color its about qualification and experience....Love this piece. Great content.

[@jaknice2446]

"there is no color" you might want to see a doctor about that

[@samshaver6865]

@@jaknice2446 bruh shut up, you get his point. It shouldn’t be about color, rather qualification and experience.

[@jaknice2446]

@@samshaver6865 oh no, not another emotional response

[@1Est87]

I just wish the other big colleges look at diversity OUTSIDE of their roster ALL of college football should applaud Coach Prime

[@XtremeSportX247]

Facts... esp in Sports Operations and Management

[@1Est87]

@@XtremeSportX247 Exactly what I mean !!!

[@averyfennell1930]

Love it!!! Diversity is an underrated human superpower! There is nothing else in the universe that compares to the power of diversity us humans have!

[@BlaqueTyrone]

HBCUs have always had the mission of providing opportunities for the marginalized. Which is why I think they should receive the most funding.

[@sasazamami]

This is a lie, HBCUs are built to proved opportunity for black people not white women who didn’t become a minority until the civil rights act in their efforts to remove black people opportunities that black people fought for

[@lovmanwilson3702]

I love that hire Coach Prime The MOST qualified got the job,that's the way it should be.

[@theghostofjudahtribe6564]

Looks like Lauren has been down since Day 1. Is she the same lady that also handles the finances and everything? She has been nothing short of awesome. Keep doing it Coach Prime, we watching😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@nate_warthunder97]

Kudos to Prime, I can’t explain enough on how I appreciate the positive steps, and strides that have been taken to improve the HBCU landscape. Nobody is perfect, sometimes I believe Coach Prime gets some backlash because if his flamboyant persona, but I say to that, you can’t please everybody no matter how hard you try. Keep pushing forward Coach Prime. Thee I luv!!!

[@oneil2380]

gotta love this guy!!

[@JayJay-ic2kw]

Ain't nun wrong with it. 💯 Dedication at a all time high

[@chumps7974]

She spoke loud and clear when she said it's prepping her for a lot.

[@worldclass2019]

Coach Prime a stand up guy💪🏾

[@charleseckstein7849]

Damn imagine that HIRE the MOST Qualified!!

[@mortonindians1984]

Prime love the realness and I agree 100%

[@lewchainz1357]

At the end of the day it's all about who's going to get it done..

[@ritaclay7309]

It doesn't matter the race, I love what he said most qualified for the position.

[@Zeus0665]

I love coach Prime he's a great man doing great things!!!!!

[@10akee]

I'm not religious, but still I know a blessing when I see one.

[@bnotsonicebb6116]

Absolutely 💯 correct

[@donduncan3925]

I love what you doing homes God bless you coach doing good work 👍😁💪🇺🇲🙏

[@XtremeSportX247]

🏈🏆📣🏈🏆📣This is great and I appreciate Coach opening a door for female diversity in sports, however for someone like myself who has worked with the NFL NBA MBAA NCAA CFP and MLS there is a lack of black and minority medical trainers men and women so I hope that he is using her to mentor and train other African-American and minority medical trainers not just White. Diversity and Inclusion has to all over. HCBUs could recruit other races PWIs could use more minorities as coaches staff trainers and operations.

[@trapmuzik6708]

She said 11 students is working with her I'm sure they are black

[@beautybeads7285]

I get good vibes from Lauren. I wish her well in Colorado and beyond.

[@sylvestertaylor7146]

We always tend to follow the right way...'They' just don't!!!

[@rayballard6870]

Strength in diversity: talkg the talk and walking the walk leading the way. 💙❤️

[@ScammingSeason]

I love love love love this!

[@ericparker9565]

Love it ❤️

[@luerodgers1795]

GREAT TOPIC & VIDEO 🙏😎 VERSATILE POSITIVE ENERGY FORCES GOING FORWARD GOD'S BLESSING UR & 2 ALL

[@aliciaward2812]

Love

[@dannettegibbs729]

THANKS COACH PRIME THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@ramtransportllc6818]

Im cool with it as long as you put our people in position to grow into leadership rolls and gain experience otherwise we holding ourselves back!

[@alexandergallant6444]

Coach Prime is coaching people not Football! He will stay at Jackson State and share the progress in HBCU.

[@isaiahharris1998]

#JSU #HBCUs 🏈

[@King.MaidenHeaven]

Beautiful!

[@djadams1984]

Epic

[@KULTURESHOKENT]

Love it !

[@isrealtimesnear5331]

Never trust thine enemy ✊🏿✊🏿👊🏾😢

[@trapmuzik6708]

She ain't no enemy watch the Coach Prime episode when he was in the hospital u can't fake that compassion she showed

[@isrealtimesnear5331]

@@trapmuzik6708 NEVER trust thine ENEMY

[@Najja1983]

Kingdom

[@khariamare7808]

Thatz exactly what is #KingdomChracter

[@N.O_1983]

❤

[@kocs98]

That white female trainer is 🔥

[@darrellspann3088]

Color is not your problem getting the best one for the opportunity.

[@anotherdaywithj5378]

When you headed to Colorado

[@eliw6607]

At the end of the day those non black staffers on JSU football team are working to help a HBCU athletics program go to the next level. Like minded matters more than like skinned.

[@tag7376]

God made us All. That's why racism and bigotry is so ignorant and classless.. none of us made ourselves.. There's a ONE from whom all blessings flow. Diversity is dope.

[@bradlane5244]

In Jesus names I pray that coach prime stops his players from uses the N word because that's not Black Excellence more like Black ignorance we have to do better..smh

[@kurokaizen1889]

I agree.

[@yusufdelrio2728]

I hope you're telling our youth not to say it? What you should do is tell the Rappers not to say it. Thats where they are getting it from.

[@yocreoibelieve1068]

I believe to make a national statement we should have an all women’s referre homecoming game.

[@totoriina43]

How bout they have a game with the most qualified refs?🤔 just say u never played football 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@Ed-007_]

@@totoriina43 Have you seen the swac refs? It’s not the worst idea.

[@yocreoibelieve1068]

We can never have the best qualified referees or coaches in the NCAAF if everyone is not being afforded the same opportunities.

[@garypeacock1922]

Skin color should never matter if you qualified for the job so be it I'm glad to see you there and I hope and pray that more calm only we can get past racism has no place in society but in a lot of departments it does Police Department fire departments judge's lawyers schools and on and on you see it all the time you would think in this day and time that we living in we will get beyond that but I guess that'll never happen in this life you always going to have those that's ignorant

[@briandaniel1954]

I can't rock with you on this one Coach Prime...that works for them not US, unfortunately we don't get the opportunities to fail and succeed, once we fail it's a helluva long time before we get the opportunities to succeed if we get them. We have to create opportunities equally... however we must be given the same things to equal the playing field.

[@SaintLaurent9269]

Lauren is a fox 🦊

[@sasazamami]

I support this but the question I have is: What happens is we give opportunities to everyone with the few chances we have and they give chances to white people then where does that leave black people when we are the only ones fighting for diversity?

[@jimmyweathersby327]

Understand gotta be the most qualified for the job best way to fix that is always do better work harder and grind better than your competition if somehow that don’t work out for you may wanna go for a different available option that still fits you cause at that point clearly that organization or company have a discrimination problem

[@sasazamami]

@@jimmyweathersby327 if you know anything about how most jobs are obtained its not about being the most qualified and if you did a surface level research you can find the bias in hiring especially for black candidates.. a simple search you can do is black applicants being denied interviews based on their name

[@arionthegameryt6693]

Trying to marry her one day. Lol She's beautiful!

[@sheltonmackey6449]

Maybe you can get some diversity on Jackson water problem.

[@jamieyaoatis2207]

Shelton Mackey ask Governor Reeves for diversity on Jackson water problem! Better yet tell him to fix the problem!

[@cortezfernandez7475]

you're NOT "Caucasian" nor "white" ...... you're EUROPEAN AMERICAN. You work at an institution of higher learning. BE ENLIGHTENED !

[@josecenteno08]

Wokes punching the air right now

[@jimmyweathersby327]

Facts😂

[@gudlukkay]

Bwahahahahahaaaaa.

[@michaelcampbell5849]

I disagree with coach prime and his understanding of Diversity and Civil Rights Act of 1964. The civil Rights Act of 1964 has sent the black community backwards 150 years and this is why the U.S. Supreme Court's are attacking the civil rights gains of black people, but the problem lies that. Black people are allowing others so-called minorities under the 1964 civil rights Act to use their platform and black ADOS aren't using their own platforms.

[@BornOnASaturday]

Lol

[@charleseckstein7849]

Oh a Yvette Carnell disciple!!

[@PsychedelicLiterature]

What sent African Americans backwards is that we relinquished (stopped patronizing and developing) black-owned businesses and institutions because we forgot the difference between desegregation and integration. We initially wanted to be desegregated but got sold the lie of integration. Thus, we have no economic power because black people. are the only people who don’t own and control what we do better than anyone else. As such, HBCUs, especially private HBCUs, of which JSU is public, are the few places where we have limited autonomy. Yet, because so many of us devalue anything black, we don’t invest in and support them substantially. Therefore, Coach Sanders is not being revolutionary or misguided but continuing the tradition of HBCUs being epicenters for high quality education and equality. So, while his staff is open to all qualified applicants, in the tradition of HBCUs, it remains a place where qualified black folks can be given an opportunity to thrive.

[@GLM69]

Black people set themselves back. Black people need to get rid of that victim mentality. There are black millionaires and billionaires in this country. If they can be successful. Why can’t you.

[@PsychedelicLiterature]

@@GLM69 One, black millionaires and billionaires represent less than one percent of the race so you sound really uneducated with that statement. Next, I have two degrees, have written eight books, and published poems, short stories, and essays in over 150 magazines, newspapers, and anthologies all while fighting for the liberation of black people from white supremacy, which includes teaching writing in a STEM program for advanced African-American high school students and being a retired HBCU instructor. I have also helped write city, county, and state policies to reduce injustice against black people. Thus, I have spent my life being a warrior rather than a victim. What have you done to inspire or improve the plight of black people?

[@jaknice2446]

Sorry, but I beg to differ, I get the point in theory, but logic suggest otherwise. So out of all the available trainers in a male sports program, the most qualified was a white woman? When it comes to the water boys, the most qualified were black women? At a HBCU? That's what was depicted in this video. Just because it can be done, doesn't mean it should be done. Women have a place in society, not in male dominated spaces.

[@trapmuzik6708]

I'm pretty sure the black qualified women don't wanna live in Jackson they leave for better opportunities in other large cities