Episode 06: Free Throws For Justice - Sports Activism In 2020

NBA athletes are no longer content to “shut up and dribble”, and more and more players are standing up to social injustice despite any backlash that might occur. In this episode of Let’s Talk About Race, our Journalists offer their thoughts about the recent boycotts in the sports industry and what it means for their future. Their perspectives shed light on the history of activism in the sports world and how black athletes are treated the same despite their elevated tax bracket. There has always been a divide between the lived experiences of black and white people, and The Faith Report explores why white Christians trust the experiences of African American people at a lower rate than Non-churchgoing whites. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, is the subject of review for Book Love. This work of nonfiction lays bare the artificial construct of America’s own caste system and explores its origin in Indian Society and Nazi Germany.