Wen: The idea of an athlete feeling like they don't have a place to be political in the context of the sports world, i don't know how they're going to wind that backad. They feel like this is their space. And if they want to say something about the world, particularly if they're a black udent in a predominantly white space, they's going to do it. Wen: To me, what's happening in the sports world is really a microcosm of the society,. because i were so clearly headed on a collision between these fossils who are fighting for white minority rule, and these young people more demographically diverse and less tolerant of intolerance than any
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.