Critical Race Theory at a Big Time Sports School

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

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4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week we speak to Dr. David Canton, the new head of the African-American studies department at the University of Florida about how he intends to teach about sports, racism and politics given the recent legislation against reaching any kind of antiracism by Florida governor Ron DeSantis.

We also have “Choice Words” about the NFL and it’s racist practice called race-norming. In addition, we have “Just Stand Up” and “Just Sit Down” awards to Australian swimmer Maddie Groves who has chosen to withdraw from the Olympics as a message to sexist perverts and everyone who added to the hype machine leading ip to the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul. All this and more on this week’s show!

David Canton

https://news.clas.ufl.edu/dr-david-a-canton-named-director-of-african-american-studies-at-uf/

Zirin, The Tokyo Olympics Are In Peril

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tokyo-olympics-cancel/

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0:00.0	We see in all American institutions there is racial inequity.
0:05.4	That's a fact.
0:06.7	The question is why.
0:08.7	So this isn't about feelings who hates whom and whom hates what.
0:11.7	It's about critical, okay?
0:13.8	Why is it with COVID-19?
0:16.1	We see African-Americans disproportionately impact.
0:19.2	We know due to lack of
0:20.9	health care. But what people like
0:22.8	to think is, no, it's black
0:24.8	behavior. So critical race theory provides a structural
0:28.3	critique. Now this is where in a country
0:30.7	we're taught about individualisms,
0:32.8	we know on our side is about
0:34.5	the structure. So we're speaking two
0:36.6	different languages.
0:48.6	Okay. on our side is about the structure. So we're speaking two different languages. Welcome to the edge of sports podcast.
0:50.5	I'm Dave Ziren.
0:51.7	We got a really special show this week.
0:53.5	We're talking to the new director of African American studies at the University of Florida, David Canton. He's also a sports guy. He teaches sports classes. So in addition to talking sports and politics with David Canton, we're going to talk to him about what it's going to be like to head the African American Studies program
1:12.4	at the state university in the entire state of Florida.
1:17.8	I mean, he's teaching this.
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