Racism Is Not Dead in Sports

Racism Is Not Dead in Sports

Professor Kenneth Shropshire joins the show to talk about racism and resistance in sports.

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This week we speak to Professor Kenneth Shropshire about a host of issues pervading sports and how today’s students are taking them in.

We have Choice Words’ with Chuck Modiano on whether there is an ethical team to root for in this week’s Super Bowl. We also have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards to Maya Moore and her incredible work on criminal justice and cross country skiing of all things. All that and more on Edge of Sports!

Kenneth Shropshire
The Global Sport Institute
Twitter: @kenshropshire

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Dave ZirinDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is the author of a new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.


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