i mean, as you've written about numerous times, could have been just a moment that was missed, but because of intrepid journalism, became something else. But then so the media back lash two not only cabernics act, but to this effect that you have written about. You know, one prime example that i'm happy to go into is david brook's new york times column from september sixteenth, two thousand 16, called the uses of patriotism. I'm going to try to persuade you that what you're doing is extremely counterproductive.
In this recording of a Live Interview for Patrons from 9/22, we speak with The Nation sports editor Dave Zirin about his new book, The Kaepernick Effect, and how a series of protests in youth sports, namely among black youth, set off firestorms and backlash in dozens of small towns throughout the country. And what the "leave politics out of sports" ethos says about the evergreen importance of racial disciplining in sports media.