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Since the 1990s up until 2021, the NFL has employed a technique known as race-norming when administering a dementia test to determine the amount of money to be paid out in brain injury settlements. This method assumed that African American players had a lower cognitive capacity than other players.

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Since the 1990s up until 2021, the NFL has employed a technique known as “race-norming” when administering a dementia test to determine the amount of money to be paid out in brain injury settlements. This method assumed that African American players had a lower cognitive capacity than other players.

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