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US Sports is Racist Playing Field
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
24 Sep 2018

“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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