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The Premature Activist Athlete: Royce White on the ESPYs opening

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Sports, History, News, Politics, Sports News

4.8619 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Today there is largely universal praise for the ESPY statements of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade and LeBron James. But what about athletes who stood up in much more difficult environment? Today we take a critical look at the ESPY statement with 2012 NBA first round draft pick Royce White. This is an NBA-level talent who has been pushed out of the league for standing up. We talk to Royce about the ESPYS and his future. I also have some "Choice words" about the way this discussion of athlete activism is being framed in the #BlackLivesMatter era.Royce White twitter: http://twitter.com/highway_30Royce White & Dave Zirin have an event together on September 21 in St. Paul at East Side Freedom Library: http://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/Dave Zirin article on Royce White from 2013: https://www.thenation.com/article/sports-interview-non-sports-fans-have-read-my-talk-nba-player-royce-whiteESPYs opening: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=17061524Carmelo Anthony's statement: https://instagram.com/p/BHmtRkehDV8Royce White's open letter to Carmelo Anthony: https://twitter.com/Highway_30/status/751962281462730752--Music by Dr. Dre & Mat Beard (http://soundcloud.com/mtbrd, http://mtbrd.bandcamp.com, http://twitter.com/mtbrrrd)--http://edgeofsportspodcast.com | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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1:03.6

Good evening. Tonight is a celebration of sports. Celebrating our accomplishments and our victories.

1:13.6

But in this moment of celebration, we actually start the show tonight this way. The four of us talking to our fellow athletes

1:18.6

with the country watching, because we cannot ignore the realities of the current state of America.

1:23.6

The events of the past week have put a spotlight on injustice, distrust, and anger that

1:29.3

plagued so many of us.

1:31.0

The system is broken.

1:32.5

The problems are not new.

1:34.2

The violence is not new.

1:35.9

And the racial divide definitely is not new.

1:39.2

But the urgency to create change is at an all-time high. We stand here tonight accepting our role in uniting communities to be the change we need to see.

1:50.0

We stand before you as fathers, sons, husbands, brothers, uncles, and in my case, as an African-American man and the nephew of a police officer,

2:02.7

who was one of the hundreds of thousands of great officers serving this country.

2:07.0

But, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Eric Gardner, Laquan McDonald, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile.

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