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📚 #ArtIsAWeapon #Athlete/#Activist/#Author @mosesbread72 Michael Bennett will discuss and sign his new book "Things That Make White People Uncomfortable" today from 1:00PM-3:00PM ET @schomburgcenter's @schomburshop. You can join the conversation via @facebook live stream: www.facebook.com/SchomburgCenter. ____________________ @schomburgcenter - [6/25] Join the @schomburgshop as we welcome NFL player and activist Michael Bennett (@mosesbread72) for a lunchtime conversation and signing on the release of his debut book “Things That Make White People Uncomfortable”. Bennett adds his unmistakable voice to discussions of #racism and @policeviolence, #Blackathletes and their relationship to powerful institutions like the #NCAA and the #NFL, the role of #protest in history, and the responsibilities of athletes as role models to speak out against injustice. Following in the footsteps of activist-athletes from Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, Bennett demonstrates his outspoken leadership both on and off the field. Written with award-winning sportswriter and author #DaveZirin, “Things that Make White People Uncomfortable” is a sports book for our turbulent times, a #memoir, and a manifesto as hilarious and engaging as it is illuminating. Lunchtime conversation followed by author signing in the Langston Hughes Lobby. | #MichaelBennett #ThingsThatMakeWhitePeopleUncomfortable #racialjustice #socialjustice #AthleteActivist #SchomburgCenter #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon

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#Repost @soledadobrien ・・・ #jemelehill #whitesupremacists #donaldtrump #espn #deadspin #davezirin

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#MichaelBennett Of The #SeattleSeahawks #DefensiveEnd is working on a new #Memoir: “Things That Make White People Uncomfortable,” according to #DaveZirin, the book’s #CoAuthor. #Bennett plans to touch on a variety of sensitive issues." @mosesbread72

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John Angelos on the Orioles and Racist Incident at Fenway by Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin

The Baltimore Orioles COO explains how sports can help fight racism, in our society, and why it's important to speak out against such hate.

Moving beyond ceremonial apologies and Boston’s lasting history of racism in athletics!

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The Truth Lies Somewhere In The Margins ft. Dave Zirin (@edgeofsports)

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Why I’m Done Defending Women’s Sports

As I was gurgling joyously after following a thrilling World Cup final, with the USA winning 5-2 over Japan on the strength of “Big Game” Carli Lloyd’s hat trick, my e-mail dinged.

Excellent piece!

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Match Day One

On match Day One of the tournament, we pass on the downtown tapas bar and decamp instead to a living room with a rather large screen. There we are afforded the opportunity to catch up on each other's lives while enjoying a repast representative of the futbol superpowers: sopressata, prosciutto, risotto for Italy; queso de manchego for Spain; a Malbec red for Argentina.

During the pre-game, we mull over why we are obsessed by this game. The Brazil World Cup has no shortage of conflicts, characters, issues that are political and frivolous. There have been protests in host nation Brazil over the exhorbitant amounts of money that will be spent on staging this sports spectacular, as well as on the Olympic Games in a mere two years time, funds that many feel could be expended more equitably on Brazilian hospitals and schools. Residents of favelas have been displaced from their homes to give way to the construction of stadiums. International governing body FIFA are under fire for corrupt practice. These developments surrounding the World Cup greatly disturb and ignite anger. Dave Zirin's work at The Nation and his book, Brazil's Dance With The Devil: The World Cup, The Olympics And The Fight For Democracy, appears to be the enriching source of insight on these matters. We are not going to simply ignore the corrosive politics at hand here, but we are going to fully enjoy the sport.

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/22/brazils_dance_with_the_devil_dave

Being Filipinos, we inevitably turn our convo toward our own follies that pass for politicking back home. A privilege speech delivered in Philippine Congress accompanied by the presentation of a music video performance rattle and rile. Fortunately, before we are mired too deeply in the direction of this dreary discourse, the match begins. The pressure on the Selecao to win the Cup for the host nation is immense. They look jittery in this opener but eventually score three goals–Marcelo puts one in for the guys, Croatia; Neymar fires one into the corner from distance; and later he delivers a PK from the spot. Neymar does what Neymar is supposed to do, insistently taking every corner kick, every throw-in, being in, on and around the ball as much as possible. The strategy works for the Brazil XI.

All is status quo after match Day One. Now we can finish off the wine, go back to being armchair revolutionaries, and share titillating tsismis about our literary cohorts. Document ends here. 

(Noel Shaw)