How Past and Present Sports Protests Reveal America’s Racist Reality
Sports has a long history of revealing America’s racist reality
By Steve Bynum

How Past and Present Sports Protests Reveal America’s Racist Reality
Sports has a long history of revealing America’s racist reality
By Steve Bynum
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Many of the world’s major sports leagues now support the Back Lives Matter movement.
Journalist and sports historian, Dave Zirin, tells Reset how past and present moments of sports protest intersect and illuminate the American reality.
GUEST: Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation, host of the Edge of Sports Podcast, author of the forthcoming book, The Kaepernick Effect