The father of NFL players Amon-Ra and Equanimeous St. Brown, is swimming in scorching hot water after many folks online took offense to his controversial thoughts on breeding. During a podcast episode with his sons, John Brown was unapologetic about his key to raising three star athletes.
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A clip from the 2024 interview of the “St. Brown Podcast” is making waves on the internet again. This time, fans and critics are dragging the father and former bodybuilder for very obvious reasons. “It’s starts from the beginning. I believe in breeding,” Brown said when asked about how he raised three D1 athletes.
“You gotta pick the right girl and the right guy… I’m Black, mom is white,” he continued referring to the mother of three sons. But according to him, any more mixing races could mess up their genetics. “I’ve done stepped on it once, you can’t keep stepping on it because you’re going to mess it up. You’re going to weaken it,” he said talking to his sons.
Brown and his German wife, Miram, have three children, all of which went D1, with two currently playing in the NFL. Equanimeous is a wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints. Amon-Ra plays for the Detroit Lions. The third son, Osiris, played for Stanford University, but didn’t pursue a professional career due to a foot injury, according to reports.
Brown went on to warn folks to “be careful, you’ve got to think about that. I’m Black, I’ve got the black gold running through my veins.” But although the father was giving what he thought was good advice, the internet accused him of perpetuating a very dangerous narrative for Black people.
The “same eugenics used to dehumanize blacks is being used by them for the radicalized capitalist sports complex,” @binzwish tweeted. Racial Eugenics was the practice of sterilizing Black women and men in efforts to “control” population growth in Black communities, according to the Equal Justice Initiative. The racist theory was popular during the 20th century, following a selective breeding process.
Other folks on X called out Brown for telling folks to “purify” their genetics while also being married to a white woman. @noitsnottherr called him “strange” before asking, “What’s the point of procreating with white people if you want your sons to date black?”
Although there is little data on exactly how many pro-athletes are bi-racial in the U.S., experts suggest the amount has drastically increased over the past few generations.
Many, like @SportySailor, came to Brown’s defense. “He’s saying it in the most inflammatory way possible, but if you hit the genetic jackpot and possess elite athleticism, who you have kids with matters a lot.”
“He’s right and people can’t put aside their feelings to see reality in some cases | same goes for fighting | some races can’t fight at the highest level,” @LudisCharta added.
This isn’t the first time Brown expressed his theories on breeding. “Two elephants don’t make a giraffe,” he said in 2021 on the “Momentum” Podcast.
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