The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World - Dave Zirin
Category: Political
Narrator: Terrence Kidd
Tags: Political, Sport & Recreation
Riveting and inspiring first-person stories of how taking a knee triggered an awakening in sports, from the celebrated sportswriter In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. national anthem. By taking a knee, Kaepernick bravely joined a long tradition of American athletes making powerful political statements. This time, however, Kaepernicks simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming the preeminent symbol of resistance to Americas persistent racial inequality., Critically acclaimed sports journalist and author of A Peoples History of Sports in the United States, Dave Zirin chronicles the Kaepernick effect for the first time, through interviews with a broad cross-section of professional athletes across many different sports, college stars and high-powered athletic directors, and high school athletes and coach
