Racism's Persistence in Sports
Edge of Sports
Dave Zirin / The Nation
4.8 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Twitter is a powerful tool if used properly. |
| 0:05.5 | So if you have something to say it, I also think that, you know, on mass, if there's ever a setting, |
| 0:13.5 | and, you know, people tried with the NFL unsuccessfully, you know, don't go. |
| 0:18.4 | If there's a league or an event, you event, organized constructively non-attendance. |
| 0:25.1 | It is the dollars to make a difference. |
| 0:26.7 | It is to deal appropriately with the sponsors that remain once something negative occurs. |
| 0:46.8 | Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. |
| 0:47.8 | I'm Dave Ziron. |
| 0:53.1 | This week we speak to author, attorney, consultant, educator, and CEO of the Global Sport Institute and Adidas, distinguished professor |
| 0:56.5 | of global support at Arizona State University, Professor Kenneth Tropshire. This guy has been |
| 1:02.4 | in this business of sports and politics just as long as any head out there. I'm so excited |
| 1:07.5 | to be able to talk to him for the first time on my show. He also wrote a book 30 years ago called In Black and White, Race and Sports in America. |
| 1:14.5 | I want to ask him about that because that book played a huge role in shaping my own thinking. |
| 1:19.1 | Also, I've got some choice words this week. |
| 1:21.1 | It's a conversation. |
| 1:22.5 | I'm talking the Super Bowl with Chuck Modiano, and we're going to have a discussion about |
| 1:27.4 | is there an ethical side to root for this year in the Super Bowl with Chuck Modiano, and we're going to have a discussion about is there an ethical |
| 1:28.4 | side to root for this year in the Super Bowl? |
| 1:31.3 | Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, is there a team to root for for the ethical |
| 1:36.6 | sports fan? |
| 1:37.8 | I've also got just stand up and just sit your ass down awards, but first, let's talk to Kenneth |
| 1:43.0 | Shropshire i'll just start i mean |
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