Cowboys QB Dak Prescott addresses Jerry Jones desegregation photo: 'Give grace'
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott encouraged others to "give grace" after being asked about a photograph of a 14-year-old Jerry Jones in attendance at a desegregation effort in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
"Obviously we can be more empathetic and give grace to one another, regardless of race," Prescott told reporters. "From the times we've come from to where we are now, thinking about the growth we've had.
"As a guy who is completely biracial, Black and white, it's easy for me to speak on race on one side or another."
The Associated Press photo shows the Cowboys owner with a group of white students trying to block Black students from entering North Little Rock High School.
Like Jones, who addressed the photograph at length last Thursday, Prescott noted that the photograph is from 65 years ago.
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"I mean, look at the man's resumé since then, right?" said Prescott. "As I said, give grace."
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James had brought up the photograph with reporters Wednesday night, reigniting the story from last week's in-depth Washington Post profile about the Cowboys owner and his life's intersections with race relations.
Jones has said that he was just a bystander in the photo and didn't participate in trying to deny Black students entry into the school.
"I'm sure glad that we're a long way from that," Jones said. "I am."
Prescott agreed, saying "unfortunate things come up from the past, pictures, and they show how far we've come."
"But at the same sense, they're a reminder of how short of a time that was ago," Prescott said. "That wasn't that long that we were all sitting on different sides, and we weren't together. But as I said, I wouldn't be here if it were still that way. So I believe in grace and change."
Contributing: Scooby Axson
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dak Prescott responds to Jerry Jones desegregation photo: 'Give grace'
