Ep. 222: Colin Kaepernick, the NFL, and the Politics of the Black Athlete

David Leonard is Professor in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies at Washington State University, Pullman.

He is the author of numerous books and articles on race, politics, popular culture and sports including After Artest: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness.

David explains how sports are inherently political, why Colin Kaepernick is viewed as such a threat by the NFL and White America, Black Lives Matter and "taking a knee" at sporting events, the black athlete as a social and political figure, the insincere and problematic neoliberal politics of Nike's 30th anniversary "courage" ad campaign, as well as Tim Tebow, white privilege and hypocrisy.

On this week's show, Chauncey DeVega challenges the myth of billionaires and capitalism as uplifting the world's poor and being saviors for humanity and shares how Donald Trump is now the White House sex tour guide who lies (ever always, again and often) about Barack Obama. Chauncey then reads some hate mail as he reflects on the fallout from his series of widely read essays on the Covington High School Catholic Teen Magaites and white privilege.

At the end of this week's show, Chauncey shares two happy stories.

The first is about a working class man who just won Powerball. The second is a wonderful story about a 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods and saved by a friendly bear.

SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW 

• Dr. David J Leonard
• If The Hoodie Conjures Up White Fears Of Violence, Imagine How The MAGA Hat Makes American People Of Color Feel
• Black Children Don’t Have Nick Sandmann’s Rights
• Bill Gates says poverty is decreasing. He couldn’t be more wrong
• White-Washing White Supremacy: Media Rushes to Excuse Covington Catholic Students
• What Covington Catholic Students Should Know About the Church’s History With Indigenous People
• A boy who was lost in the woods says a bear kept him company. No one can prove it didn't happen
• Brooklyn Truck Driver Wins $298.3 Million Powerball Jackpot
• Donald Trump's White House Tour Reportedly Highlights All the Places Sex Happened

IF YOU ENJOYED THIS WEEK'S SHOW YOU MAY LIKE THESE EPISODES OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW AS WELL

Ep. 221: Tim Wise on White Privilege and the Trump Covington High School MAGA Mob

Ep. 200-1: Black KkKlansman/Joe Feagin on Donald Trump, Racism, and Elite White Male Power

Ep. 194: Cartoonist Rob Rogers was Fired Because He Refused to Stop Telling the Truth About Donald Trump

Ep. 191: When Ted Thornhill Taught a Class Called "White Racism" the Right-wing Mob Threatened His Life

Ep. 184: Ed Ayers Explains Why Americans are Still Fighting About the Civil War

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