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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 306 - One of the most important 24 hours in modern American sports

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday the Milwaukee Bucks started a movement. Today I want to unpack the big lesson from their courageous step to not play in their NBA playoff game as a protest against police brutality ---- If you listen to The Breakdown and want to help support the work we do, consider becoming a member of our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thebreakdown for exclusive members perks and early access to content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you've ever heard me speak on the road, you've probably heard me say before that it's hard to know a moment in history when you're living in it.

0:12.1

History is one of those things that is best seen in retrospect.

0:17.2

It's hard to discern and understand when you're just living right in the moment.

0:23.0

But right now, because of the bold actions,

0:27.0

first of the Milwaukee Bucks,

0:29.0

and then of other teams in the NBA, Wnba, MLB, and other sports leagues, I think we are now

0:38.5

experiencing the most profound protest moment in the modern history of American sports

0:46.7

I want to unpack and explain it this is Sean King and you are listening to the Breakdown.

0:54.0

The Breakdown.

0:56.0

The Breakdown.

0:58.0

Break down. The Breakdown. Our country is having a hell of a time and every time I think that know, in some ways the rebuttal would be Sean,

1:16.0

when was our country not having a hell of a time?

1:20.0

This country is hard. It's exhausting and these past few months where we've

1:29.0

been battling the pandemic where nearly 200,000 people's lives have been lost, where tens of millions of jobs

1:36.2

have been lost, where we have been staring down racial injustice and police brutality in the worst possible ways.

1:48.0

In the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake and now of another shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin from, in essence, an armed,

2:00.8

a young armed white supremacist who came to Kenosha to cause trouble, where two more people

2:09.3

lost their lives.

2:10.3

Another man basically had his arm blown off. I've seen the videos, they're horrible.

2:17.0

In the wake of all of this, people are struggling and yesterday the Milwaukee Bucks and you have to

2:29.2

understand the Milwaukee Bucks are in a city.

2:36.2

Not right now, they're in the bubble in Orlando,

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