Two former Northwestern football captains on Friday talked about their experiences of racial discrimination within the program and being forced as young Black men to conform to the “Wildcat Way,” which they say was “coded white culture.”
“Northwestern not only treated players of color differently than our white teammates, but they tried to conform us in our appearance to resemble our white teammates, or what Northwestern would consider, the Wildcat Way,” former Northwestern football player and NFL running back Noah Herron said at a news conference Friday.
