Hey everybody, I'm Rachel Bonetta and I'm Rechna Frickbaum and this is Hall of Shake.

Hey Rachel! Hey girl, hey! Hey! So I'm real excited to get into this episode. But before

we do, we're a sports podcast that keeps it pretty light. But when it's relevant, I feel

like we try to explore the ways that sports cannot be separated from the social, political,

and racial systems exist in. So in light of current events and partly because today's story

actually touches on them in a way, it feels especially important to acknowledge a couple things.

So Colin Kaepernick, through his stage as a professional athlete, tried to shine a light on the

racism and police brutality that is once again being protested across the nation. At the time,

and unfortunately, even now, many people were more outraged at his kneeling and the protest

than at the systematic brutality and white supremacy he was calling out, and it's frankly

infuriating to think about. But instead of stewing in that fury, I'm focusing instead on the quote,

it is a privilege to learn about racism instead of experiencing it your whole life. As a woman

of color whose life has not been without big a tree, I also hold that I do not fully understand

because I am not black and that alone affords me privilege. I will own that, listen, learn,

undoubtedly make mistakes, learn more and strive to work for change with that privilege because

it shouldn't have to be said, but unfortunately it does, so we cannot repeat it enough. Black lives

matter. Well, we cannot change the past. We can own that this country failed to recognize the

powerful way Kaepernick and others have tried to use sports as a platform and has generally failed

across the board to effectively address issues of racial injustice. One person incapable of that,

or any humanity or character is our president, who stokes hatred on a daily basis, attempts to

dismantle the major institutions of our democracy and exploit the new cycle with his endless lies and

propaganda. Just this week, he gasped a group of peaceful protesters for a photo op in front of a

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