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Bills rookie QB Jake Fromm apologizes for ‘elite white people’ text

‘The conversation, which took place in 2019 and was posted to Twitter early Thursday morning, involved Fromm and a friend discussing guns. Fromm wrote, “But no guns are good. They need to let me get suppressors,” before adding, “Just make them very expensive so only elite white people can get them haha.”‘

Bills’ Jake Fromm apologizes for leaked text: ‘There’s no excuse for that word choice and sentiment’

‘”I am extremely sorry that I chose to use the words ‘elite white people’ in a text message conversation,” Fromm wrote in his statement. “Although I never meant to imply that I am an ‘elite white person,’ as stated later in the conversation, there’s no excuse for that word choice and sentiment. While it was poor, my heart is not. Now, more than ever, is the time for support and togetherness and I stand against racism 100%. I promise to commit myself to being a part of the solution in this country. I addressed my teammates and coaches in a team meeting today and I hope they see this incident is not representative of the person I am. Again, I’m truly sorry for my words and actions and humbly ask for forgiveness.”‘

Bills’ Jake Fromm apologizes for racist remark

‘The phrase “elite whites” is not sitting well with many people, especially after the last week of protesting police violence of the African-American community across the country. What appears to be Fromm’s sister, then messaged @Ashleymp20, asking her not to make the conversation public. Now that the conversation is public, Jake Fromm has come forward to acknowledge the messages are real and offer an apology.’

Frazier emphasizes education and communication in response to Fromm’s texts

‘“We don’t want to be a team that becomes fractured over what’s going on in the world today and it could easily happen, where your locker room is split because of comments or things that are happening around the world,” Frazier said. “So we really emphasize educating ourselves, whether you’re in the majority or the minority, as well as making sure those lines of communication are open. And if someone has a concern, bring it up, let’s talk about it. We’re supposed to be in this as one. And if we can’t talk about issues without feeling like ‘I feel uncomfortable doing it,’ well, let’s take that out of it. Let’s do what we think is the right thing to do to help us be a team and be unified, because this is something that we need to be unified around. We may have some difference of opinion in some areas, but this is one area where we need to be unified as a group, and make sure that we’re all fighting the same fight. And I think our guys get that message and time will tell.”’

Bills DC Leslie Frazier says we’re seeing a ‘watershed moment’ in this country

‘“Just seeing the reaction throughout our country. I got an email today from a former GM in our league who really poured his heart out about his negativity about recognizing some of what the issues were. And the video tape of George Floyd’s death really brought it home to him. And he was very apologetic for the fact that he has not been as involved as he should have been in the past,” Leslie Frazier said on a zoom call with reporters on Thursday.’