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Burn It All Down

Hot Take: Athletes on Strike

Burn It All Down

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5729 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On Thursday, August 27, 2020, Dr. Amira Rose Davis, Dr. Samantha Sheppard, and Dr. Courtney Cox discussed the athlete strike that started on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. They talked about their initial reactions when they heard that athletes were withholding their labor, the importance of seeing athletes as laborers, symbolic action/optics vs. material changes, how the WNBA was and is the blueprint for collective athlete organizing, and sports as a platform and/or as a distraction. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.3

Citizens around the country have used their voices and platforms to speak out against these

0:53.8

wrongdoings.

0:55.0

Over the last few days in our home state of Wisconsin, we've seen the horrendous video of

0:59.0

Jacob Laith being shot in the back seven times by a police officer in Kenosha and the additional

1:06.0

shooting of protesters. Despite the overwhelming plea for change, there has been no action, so our focus

1:12.1

today cannot be on basketball. When we take the court and represent Milwaukee and Wisconsin,

1:17.2

we are expected to play at a high level, give maximum effort, and hold each other accountable.

1:22.9

We hold ourselves to that standard, and in this moment moment we are demanding the same from lawmakers and law enforcement.

1:29.3

We are calling for justice for Jacob Blake and demand the officers be held accountable.

1:34.3

For this to occur, it is imperative for the Wisconsin State Legislator to reconvene after months of inaction

1:41.3

and take up meaningful measures to address issues of police accountability,

1:47.0

brutality, and criminal justice reform. We encourage all citizens to educate themselves, take

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