In the five years since colin cape has taken his knee, he's remained an outcast and a paria in his sport. And megan ripino has become an icon, burnished many times over. But if it was colin cabernick, he might not have even got into the world cup because there were feints towards punishing Ripino for what she did. I've thought about this a lot, and just by the lived examples, it's like, context is everything. We should be merciless when it’s jerry jones taking a knee, or nancy lose taking a knee,. Is when i tapped out. It's not always clear yeye.
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.