“Football is very much associated with a particularly masculine and, oftentimes, toxically masculine culture. Abdul El-Sayed on football: “Football is very much associated with a particularly masculine and oftentimes toxically masculine culture.” And all of this, like a lot of these narratives, you kind of see echoed in the ethos of football.” 🚨 Abdul El-Sayed said the “sordid history” of Manifest Destiny, destroying Native Americans, and the transatlantic slave trade is “echoed in the ethos of football.” El-Sayed also described the locker room culture he experienced as a player: “Racism, misogyny, and homophobia were lingua franca.”