Dave Zirin joined Speak Out Now for our February Townhall. Hear a presentation about the intersection between politics and sports.
Show Notes
In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of Black people, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. national anthem. By taking a knee, Kaepernick’s simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming a powerful symbol of resistance to the systemic racism in this country.
Listen in to hear author Dave Zirin speak about his latest book
The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World, as well as sports and resistance in the recent period. Dave Zirin is the sports editor of
The Nation, a columnist for
The Progressive, and the host of the
Edge of Sports podcast. His many other books include
A People’s History of Sports in the United States,
Game Over,
Bad Sports, and
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