The Weight On Black Women In Sports; Plus, 'We Are Lady Parts'

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🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

With Sha'Carri Richardson's recent disqualification, and the controversy surrounding the banning of natural hair swimming caps, there's a lot to talk about the treatment of Black women in the Olympics and across the sports world. Guest host Ayesha Rascoe brings on ESPN producer and podcast host Terrika Foster-Brasby and The Athletic's Kavitha A. Davidson to discuss. Then, she talks to We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor about the intersection of art, faith and representation.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Gabbie Yell.
0:02.8	I eat a Vosko as my mom.
0:06.2	She's filling in for Sam this month.
0:10.3	All right, let's start the show.
0:17.1	Hey everybody.
0:18.9	Like Gabrielle said, I'm Aisha Roscoe, your host
0:22.3	for It's Been a Minute from NPR.
0:24.8	I'm filling in for Sam, because he's on vacation.
0:29.1	Happy weekend.
0:31.0	Are you ready?
0:32.2	Because I'm really ready.
0:34.2	It has been a long, long week, y'all.
0:37.6	So today on the show, we're talking sports.
0:41.8	Specifically, all the news around black female athletes,
0:45.5	especially recent decisions made by the Olympics
0:48.5	and other sports governing bodies.
0:50.9	This week, it all kind of came to a head.
0:54.5	In particular, the news around Shaqiri Richardson,
0:58.3	the star-spinner did not make the US track and field Olympic
1:01.7	team because she tested positive for THC.
1:05.0	She said she used the drug to cope
1:07.2	after she found out her mom died.
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