NFL team slammed for giving black kid lawnmower instead of scholarship: ‘Whiteness is a helluva drug’
An NFL team came under fire over the weekend after it gave an African-American child a lawnmower to help him save for college.
In a video post to Twitter over the weekend, the Carolina Panthers explained that 12-year-old Jaylin Clyburn is spending his summers mowing lawns to save for college.
“We needed his expertise so we brought him to Charlotte,” the video says while Clyburn is seen pushing his lawnmore outside the team’s footbal stadium.
A team official tells Clyburn that Lowe’s has donated a new lawnmower on behalf of the Panthers.
Before the video ends, the 12-year-old is made “an official member” of the team’s grounds crew.
Twitter users scolded the team for giving the child a lawnmower instead of a scholarship.
Watch the video and read some of the critical tweets below.
@Panthers @Lowes @RiverboatRonHC You’d think one of these HUGE CORPORATIONS would’ve just given him a college schol… https://t.co/0YZbIwHqOc— Small Screen Girl (@Small Screen Girl) 1567953125
@Panthers @Lowes @RiverboatRonHC Lol just pay for his college cheap corporations— Zach Mcmahan (@Zach Mcmahan) 1567808542
@Panthers @Lowes @RiverboatRonHC America is "supposed" to be the greatest country in the world🤔 Instead of giving t… https://t.co/E8hxZb9WpL— Own Your Masters 👑 (@Own Your Masters 👑) 1567955055
@Panthers @jbritt06 @Lowes @RiverboatRonHC NFL stay being shitty. All the money and they gave this child a handshak… https://t.co/7CtYm6se2m— Consuelo Grier, Ed.D. (@Consuelo Grier, Ed.D.) 1567953677
