You would think that people who are as obsessed with race (and who claim Republicans are trying to erase black people from American history) as The View would be familiar with the first black NFL quarterback to win a Super Bowl: Doug Williams. But that was the embarrassing case on Monday’s edition of the show when racist Sunny Hostin seemed to suggest that, “finally” America sees that black QBs can indeed lead a team to victory in the Super Bowl.
As they were nearing the end of their Super Bowl analysis, Hostin spouted off with her ignorant hot take, getting back out from fellow racist Whoopi Goldberg:
HOSTIN: The only thing that would have made it better for me is, you know, finally we know that black quarterbacks can lead teams and are smart enough to lead teams. I would like to see –
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: I always knew that. That was never a question.
HOSTIN: Right, we knew that.
GOLDBERG: But, you know, it takes people a minute to catch up.
This declaration was no doubt insulting to former NFL quarterback Doug Williams who lead the then-Washington Redskins to an impressive 42-10 win over the Denver Broncos and QB John Elway in Super Bowl XXII in 1988 (1987 season).
“Williams became the first Black QB to be drafted in the first round when the Buccaneers selected him No. 17 overall in 1978. Nearly a decade later -- after mixed results as Tampa's starter, one year out of football, and two seasons in the upstart USFL -- he re-emerged off the bench for Washington, posting some of his best numbers (11 TDs, 5 INTs, 8.1 YPA) in place of an injured Jay Schroeder,” CBS Sports recalled.
Adding: “The first Black QB to both start and win a Super Bowl, he was named the game's MVP and went on to a long career as an NFL coach and executive, which continues to this day.”
CBS also listed off every black quarterback to lead a team to the Super Bowl (years are for the season): Steve McNair in 1999, Donovan McNabb in 2004, Colin Kaepernick in 2012, Russell Wilson in back-to-back appearances in 2013 and 2014, Cam Newton in 2015, Jalen Hurts in 2022, and Patrick Mahomes in 2019, 2020, and 2022.
Now, it was historic that Super Bowl LVII saw the first match-up between two black quarterbacks but racism had nothing to do with who it seemingly took so long, there are just too many variables during a season for a reasonable person to suggest there was a racial bias.
But that likely wouldn’t stop Hostin and Goldberg from making that assertion.
The View's ignorance of history was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Salonpas and General Mills. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript is below:
ABC’s The View
February 13, 2023
11:10:22 a.m. Eastern(…)
SUNNY HOSTIN: The only thing that would have made it better for me is, you know, finally we know that black quarterbacks can lead teams and are smart enough to lead teams. I would like to see –
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: I always knew that. That was never a question.
HOSTIN: Right, we knew that.
GOLDBERG: But, you know, it takes people a minute to catch up.
HOSTIN: How about some black owners? Some black owners.
(…)
