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US Sports is Racist Playing Field
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
24 Sep 2018
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“Every aspect of society manufacturers” white innocence and Black criminality, said David Leonard, author of Playing While White: Privilege and Power On and Off the Field. Sports is not a meritocracy, but “a playing field of racism and sexism,” said Leonard, a professor at Washington State University.

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