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Edge of Sports

Going Full Dissident with Howard Bryant

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Sports, History, News, Politics, Sports News

4.8619 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

ESPN The Magazine's Howard Bryant joins the podcast to talk about the only issue that matters. The election of Donald Trump was a slap in the face to anyone who believes that racism, sexual assault and anti-immigrant sentiment are are bad. But the election of Trump - with a minority of the vote remember - is far more complicated that just saying it's racism. It's the Democratic Party, it's the Clinton campaign, and it's the way working class people - white, black and brown - have been crushed in this country. We also have an inspiring Just Stand Up award to the only three-time winner Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes.Full notes at http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com—http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-428-3343 (EDGE) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron.

0:08.8

We're going to talk today about the day after, if you will.

0:23.6

Donald Trump is the president-elect. It sucks.

0:25.6

People are crying at my wife's job.

0:27.6

There was a guy on my corner offering free hugs.

0:31.6

I took one.

0:33.6

And I got some thoughts on this matter.

0:36.6

But before I say any of them, straight up, I want to say to everybody out there, just be good to yourself.

0:43.3

You know, it's times like this where sometimes we make choices that are actually self-destructive because we think the world is so destructive.

0:51.0

But this is exactly the moment when you want to do things like get off of Twitter

0:56.3

for a week, drink more water, get some exercise, take that free hug, do something for yourself

1:04.6

on a very personal basis that you know will make you a little bit more grounded because we're

1:10.7

going to need that in the months

1:12.5

and years ahead. So I have four thoughts on these elections and I want to lay them out for you.

1:19.0

You can like it, dislike it. And then I also have some thoughts that I'm reading with permission

1:24.3

from my friend, Kianga, Yamada Taylor, who's the author

1:27.5

of the book from Black Lives Matter to Black

1:29.3

Liberation. So first some Dave Z

1:31.7

then some Keanga Taylor.

1:34.9

Always in these discussions,

1:37.0

let's start with Howard Zinn, the great historian

1:39.4

who said it matters less who's sitting

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