Ep. 781 - White men LOST THEIR MINDS when a Black woman athlete did the same thing they celebrated a white woman for

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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I hate to say this, but racism is so deeply ingrained into every fiber of this nation's being that it seems like no matter how hard some of us try, we just can't escape it. And sure enough, it reared its ugly head last night during the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. Today I'll break it all down, but if you hadn't heard, the basics are this: A star white player for Iowa has talked MAJOR trash all year and been celebrated for it - no matter how brash, crass, or over the top it was. But when a rival player from LSU talked that same brash trash right back to her, white folk simply lost their minds. The double standard was brutal. And it was just a painful reminder that even when we are seeking a form of escapism through sports, that bigotry is just lurking right their beneath the surface. Let me unpack and explain it. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us. Love and appreciate you all. Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, sorry that I'm late today with the podcast.
0:04.2	I've been on the road.
0:05.5	My teenage daughter had a out of state volleyball tournament.
0:10.2	We left at the crack of dawn and just got back.
0:14.0	And today is one of those days where there's so much to talk about.
0:18.4	First and foremost, it is likely that Donald Trump is going to be arrested tomorrow, barring
0:25.4	some late stage theatrics.
0:29.3	He will be placed under arrest and we will very likely see the unsealed indictment.
0:36.0	So that's on my mind and we'll talk more about that tomorrow because it's going to happen
0:41.5	tomorrow.
0:42.5	Today, I want to talk about something that by the time you hear this, you will probably
0:46.4	have heard about it all day long.
0:48.2	But I just got to put it on the record.
0:52.1	Yesterday, the LSU women's basketball team won the national championship against Iowa.
0:59.0	And there were a lot of racial politics in that game.
1:02.8	Iowa is an all-white team.
1:04.9	LSU is nearly an all-black team.
1:09.2	But one of the star players of LSU, during and after the victory, did something called
1:18.6	the you don't see me sign from John Cena where he waves his five fingers over his face.
1:25.4	You don't see me.
1:27.6	She did this Angel Reese, one of the star players, fell as you.
1:31.4	Did this in the face of one of the star players of Iowa who had previously done it herself?
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