Inside New York City's #IStandWithKap Rally

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Dave Zirin / The Nation

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🗓️ 29 August 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This week, we bring you the to the heart of the several-thousand-strong #IStandWithKap rally held outside NFL Headquarters on Park Avenue, in New York City. We have engaging interviews and riveting speeches -- including my own, short speech that I was honored to be asked to give. Thank you to The Nation's Miguel Salazar for his help doing interviews at the rally.Choice Words is brought to you by Erica Harris DeValve, Princeton grad and the wife of Cleveland Browns tight end Sean DeValve, the first white NFL player to take a knee in these national anthem protests. She explains why her husband should not be seen as a "savior." We also respond to listener calls about whether or not the NFL's treatment of Colin Kaepernick will make you less inclined to watch football. And stay strong Houston!Zirin & Miguel Salazar, The NFL Is More Comfortable With Concussions Than Consciencehttps://www.thenation.com/article/the-nfl-is-more-comfortable-with-concussions-than-conscience/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Music: Eye Examination - Del The Funky Homosapien | Be Free - J. Cole | Killer Mike - A.D.I.D.A.S. ft. Big Boi | Just Another Day - Queen Latifah | Get Involved - Raphael Saadiq ft. Q-Tip | Much More - De La Soul | Aquemini - Outkast | The Wire Outro Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Welcome to the edge.
0:14.5	I'm Dave Zyrn.
0:18.7	This week, we go deep into the I stand with Kaepernick rally that took place last week in front of NFL headquarters that had well over a thousand people packing one of the toniest neighborhoods in Manhattan.
0:32.0	You are going to hear the voices of protesters.
0:34.9	You are going to hear the voices of some of the speakers.
0:39.0	And hey, they asked me to speak at this rally. And this is kind of my podcast. So we're going to end it all with a short speech
0:43.6	that I gave from the front of the rally. So let's go right away to 50th and Park Avenue, NFL
0:51.4	headquarters for the I Stand with Kaepernick rally.
0:55.2	I'm here with Charles Modiano, who is definitely a sports and politics activist wearing his
0:59.1	Kaepernick jersey. Charles, why are you here, sir? I'm here to stand with Kaepernick. I'm here to
1:03.0	stand against white supremacy. I'm here to stand against the NFL and their discrimination.
1:08.3	And I particularly use the word discrimination because this is more than a difference in opinion.
1:12.6	They are discriminating against him and denying his employment.
1:16.6	And when you cross over from opinion to demonstration,
1:19.6	you're crossing over from opinion to racism.
1:21.6	Let's be clear about that.
1:23.6	Okay, thank you, Charles.
1:24.6	What brings you out here today in addition to just the Kaepernick story story in and of itself, broader? I mean, you mentioned white supremacy. Yeah. Talk to us a little bit about that. What do you see in this country right now and how you see this story fitting into that? I mean, it fits into everything that's going on in Charlottesville. When you're talking about Kaepernick, he was very clear about what the problem was, and that problem was police getting away with murder
1:44.7	and the criminal justice system. And now I want to let our news to know you're saying this as police
1:48.1	circle around you right now. I am. But I think it's important to even connect it to the events in
1:53.3	Charlottesville because the events in Charlottesville were not just about Nazis. It was about the
1:57.8	police allowing Nazis to run wild. And we cannot mistake that.
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