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In an earnings call last November, John Schnatter, the founder of Papa John’s, gave the following analysis of why his company’s third-quarter earnings were disappointing. Schnatter said: “The NFL has hurt us. … We are disappointed the NFL and its leadership did not resolve this.” He was referring to the NFL national anthem player protests, which he insisted should have been “nipped in the bud” the previous year. Schnatter said, “Leadership starts at the top, and this is an example of poor leadership.”

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Critics called his comments “racist” because most of the players in the NFL are black, as are most of the protesters. Therefore, Schnatter was being racist by objecting to the mostly black kneelers. Schnatter apologized, but Papa John’s stock tumbled after Schnatter’s NFL comment, and in January, Schnatter stepped down as CEO.

Schnatter eventually resigned as chairman of the board for something he said months later. In a May telephone conference call about how his company can be more racially tolerant and sensitive, Schnatter reportedly defended his November NFL comments by stating, “Colonel Sanders called blacks n—–s,” yet, claimed Schnatter, never faced public backlash. Schnatter was out. Never mind his claim that he was quoting someone else during a role-playing exercise.

Roseanne Barr, a few months ago, lost her show because of a “racist” tweet about former Obama White House aide and consultant, Valerie Jarrett. Barr tweeted: “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” Barr claimed she did not know Jarrett was black, making her tweet offensive, argued Barr, but not racist.