Ep 161: Anti-Trans Athlete Rulings and Athlete Activism in the Wake of George Floyd

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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On this week's episode, Shireen, Amira, Lindsay, Brenda, and Jessica discuss the anti-trans athlete ruling in Connecticut [1:57]. After that, Finally, they speak about athlete activism in the wake of George Floyd's murder [11:00]. Of course, you’ll hear the Burn Pile [51:00], the Bad Ass Woman of the Week segment, starring all black women athletes in the fight to end police brutality [1:04:00], and what is good in our worlds [1:05:30]. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up y'all? It's Druski, and I've teamed up with Mountain Dew to produce a hilarious new basketball podcast called The Do Zone with Drewski.
0:07.7	Learn the backstories of your favorite ballers and celebrities like Jamal Murray.
0:11.1	Did you have like a favorite team? Was it the Raptors at the time or no?
0:14.5	Was the Raptors even started around that time?
0:16.1	Come on, bro. I ain't that old, Phil. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, Asian Wilson, and many more.
0:21.7	You won't want to miss this.
0:22.9	Listen to The Do Zone with Drewski on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:31.1	We'd like to take a moment to acknowledge him more in the death of George Floyd of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a 46-year-old father of two and friend to many.
0:39.8	He died while in police custody May 25, 2020, when Derek Chauvin forcefully kept his knee on
0:45.8	Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes. While Floyd begged for his life and echoed the pained
0:51.2	and harrowing phrase, Eric Gardner also spoke before he died.
0:55.1	I can't breathe.
0:56.8	This comes off the heels of many more targeted deaths of African Americans at the hands of the police,
1:02.4	including Brianna Taylor in Louisville, and just two days after Floyd's murder, Tony McDade,
1:07.4	a black trans man was killed by police in Tallahassee, Florida.
1:11.5	The protests that have erupted have come with more police violence and repression.
1:16.4	We want to send our sincere condolences to family and friends of George Floyd, to all of
1:21.3	those grieving, especially in African American communities, to all of you.
1:26.6	Tired, worried, sad, horrified, angry, and scared. We send you
1:32.3	our energy and love to keep fighting the good fight. Welcome to this week and burn it all down.
1:39.0	I'm Brenda Elsie, Associate Professor of History at Hofstra University, and I'm joined by all of my beloved
1:44.9	co-hosts, Shereen Ahmed, freelance writer and sports activists in Toronto, Canada, an ideologue of
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