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Tom Baxter: How do we change societal problems like racism? We start with friends, family
08292018 TOM BAXTER
Tom Baxter
On a day when President Trump has addressed the nation to condemn “racism, bigotry and white supremacy,” it might not seem appropriate to begin with Champ Bailey’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech on Saturday. But the former Georgia Bulldog great spoke about that very subject with expertise, as he put it. It’s something, he said, which black men “have more expertise in than any aspect of our lives.”“I’m a firm believer that if you want to create change you better start with your friends and your family, so I’m starting here today,” Bailey said in the closing minutes of his speech.“The first thing people see when they look at me is not a Pro Football Hall of Famer or a husband or a father. They view me first as a black man.