Interview: Bria Felicien, Javier Wallace and Courtney Stith on the African Diaspora at the Olympic Games

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Amira Rose Davis hosts a round table discussion with sports writers and scholars on the Black and African Diaspora at the 2020/21 Tokyo Olympics. She is joined by Bria Felicien, writer of the Black Sportswoman newsletter, Dr. Javier Wallace, the Race and Sport Postdoctoral Associate in the African and African American Studies Department at Duke University and Courtney Stith, co-host of the Diaspora United women's football/soccer podcast. They discuss the ways the Diaspora is on display at the Olympics, how athletes navigate multiple identities and finding joy amidst the Olympic chaos. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So it's Amir here up and I spit you out and I'll play with your babies to the screaming shout.
0:08.0	Oh yeah.
0:09.0	So it's Amir here, of course, leading this roundtable with a few of the homies.
0:14.0	And we want to come and talk to you about what it looks like to look at the African diaspora at the Olympic Games.
0:19.0	Because it's right there. It's right on display.
0:26.6	Today we are going to be joined by Brea Felicien, who is the journalist and the founder of the Black Sportswoman website.
0:30.0	Newsletter, please, like if you aren't subscribed to this newsletter, pause this, go do
0:35.8	that, and then come back and listen to this and you'll see why
0:39.2	global stories about black women in sports past and present. Please check it out. We're also
0:45.1	joined by Dr. Javier Wallace, a recent grad from UT Austin where he founded the Black
0:51.6	Austin tours. And obviously I'm leading with this because I'm very mad that he's decided to leave
0:56.5	Austin literally the week I got here.
0:59.5	But that's because he's now big and bad race and sports postdoctoral associate
1:04.8	in the African and African American Studies Department at Duke University.
1:08.7	So we switch coasts, and that is tremendous.
1:11.7	He works on Black Panamanian Hoopers, basketball trafficking, among many other things.
1:16.5	And we are also joined by Courtney Stiff, one half of the Diaspora United podcast on Black
1:22.0	Women in Global Football.
1:23.7	If you haven't listened to their latest episode, Nary a lesson learned, please go listen because
1:28.3	literally yes. And every time I watch, you know, soccer, global football, like, I think in my
1:35.2	head, oh my gosh, X, Y, and Z and Andre and and Courtney are already have it covered on the
1:40.8	diaspora United Fod. So obviously a very qualified roundtable today.
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