The Daily Show: Ears Edition - ICYMI - Malcolm Jenkins on Leading the Eagles on and off the Field

Episode Date: September 2, 2019

Philadelphia Eagles captain Malcolm Jenkins discusses the city's reaction to winning the Super Bowl and explains why he chooses to raise a fist on the field during the anthem. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Malcolm Jenkins. Welcome to the show. First things first, congratulations, two times Super Bowl champion. That is an amazing achievement to have as a human being. And you did it with two teams that were winning it for the first time. I was watching the game. Tom Brady was all most people could think about, you're on the defense, right? You're seeing Tom Brady. Is the myth as frightening as the man or you're just like, now we got this? No, you got to get over the facade, you know, if you want to beat Tom Brady. A lot of people fall for the trick. But you know I've had

the pleasure of playing against Tom a lot and you know our thing the whole year was we didn't care who we lined up against. We're going to do, you know, whatever we do. We're going to show up, have fun, talk some trash, and win games, you know, no matter who's on the field. And obviously we got a lot of respect for him. He's by far the greatest quarterback to ever play the Super Bowl and then you're watching the fans celebrate in the streets by burning Philadelphia down. Yeah. Do you ever want to be like, do you guys know we won?

Are you like, did you? No, so, I, and this is right after the game, I'm on the field, cameras, and they're like, you know, what do you want to say to Eagles fans? I'm just trying to get back to Philly because I know the city is literally on fire. And by the time we got to the lock room, the pictures are rolling in. Right, right, right. Right, right. But you know, it's been a long time coming in Philly. So it's, you know, let momentous year for your team, for yourself in particular because what's been

really interesting in following your story is not just what you've been doing on the field but what you've been doing off the field as well. The name Malcolm Jenkins has become associated with activism that has that has really been moving forward you've been making progress in the game. You protested during the national anthem by raising a fist and people were like, what is this different to taking a need? What were you protesting about? Well, my biggest thing was is the same topics as Colin Kappenig and what he started

about? We're talking about police brutality, talking about systematic oppression, like our criminal justice system, the unequal education, all of these things that plagued black and brown communities. The reason I chose to raise my fist is because I saw what happened with Collins' protest, it immediately got turned into a protest against the anthem because nobody really knew what that gesture meant. That's interesting.

But when you look at history and you know, you see Tommy Smith and John Carlos, everybody understands what that gesture meant. That's interesting. But when you look at history and you know you see Tommy Smith and John Carlos everybody understands what the fist means. Right. And what type of issues we're talking about and so to just keep things on subject and not allow my narrative to be you know, the the the the. That's why I chose that gesture over anything. And you and you went out and you did something, you know, which is interesting to see so many NFL players have come together and said, we're going to do beyond just talking. You said you were tired of hashtags, you were tired of just talking about it. So you said about creating the players coalition with your fellow NFL players.

And you've got a commitment, commitment, a commitment, the commitment to a commitment, million dollars to help grassroots movements in black and brown communities and underserved communities. That's an amazing achievement. How did you figure out where you wanted the money to go and what you needed to do on the ground? Well the biggest thing is we have been doing work you know long before this the protest started and even simultaneously and so once we got to this past year summer of 2017 we had an opportunity to sit down with league officials and show them what we've been doing. This th. th. th. th. th. th. th, and th, and th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, of 2017, we had an opportunity to sit down with league officials and show them what we've been doing. This was our plan and this is what we're trying to get accomplished. And invited them to come and see what it is that we've been making so much noise about.

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I've won a Super Bowl before, so I kind of know what that is like. Humble Brack. Yeah. Yeah, you try to come up with it back. But it's a celebratory event. You go, we're in a big room, the president comes in, you shake his hand, we take a few pictures, they leave.

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