From the archive: Black Lives Matter and tackling racism – Football Weekly Extra

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🗓️ 15 July 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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In June of last year, Max Rushden, Troy Townsend, Elliot Ross and Jordan Jarrett-Bryan discussed football’s reaction to the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd. They also discussed black representation in sports media and the incidents that have marred football since our previous special on the subject. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

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0:00.0	The Guardian.
0:08.0	Hello, Max here Barry's here.
0:11.0	Except I'm not really.
0:13.0	No.
0:14.0	This is now going out on Thursday the 50th of July.
0:16.0	I'm still in Cornwall irritating the Cornish.
0:19.0	What are you doing Barry?
0:21.0	I'm still not sure where I am.
0:24.0	There are any number of places I could be.
0:26.0	There's a very good chance.
0:28.0	I'm just lying in my pants on the sofa in Brixton watching all the episodes of Mindy.
0:34.0	Okay, marvellous.
0:35.0	So over the next three weeks we're going into the archive to put out a few podcasts.
0:41.0	This one is a serious one and an important one from June 2020 made in response to the death of George Floyd and the anger that followed that.
0:50.0	We talked a lot obviously about players taking the knee, fans still booing taking the knee.
0:56.0	But hopefully this gives an idea of where we're at and our thoughts in June of last year.
1:10.0	Our panel today is the writer Elliott Ross head of development and kick it out Troy Townsend.
1:14.0	And from Channel 4 News and the host of YouTube Cultural Debate Show it's all black ademic Jordan Jarrett Bryan.
1:20.0	And normally on a podcast you say, hi, how are you? Everyone says I'm fine. Thanks. And then you move on.
1:26.0	But I'll start with you Troy and I ask how are you and I really want you to tell me how you are.
1:33.0	Probably the hardest, how are you questioned to answer that I've ever had to be totally honest Max.
1:41.0	I'm drained.
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