The shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin sparked fear, anger, protests, and walkouts in the professional sports world. We talk with New York Times writer Kurt Streeter, a Seattle resident, whose Sports of the Times column examines how the walkouts set a new high bar for protests in professional sports as African American athletes and their allies are demanding racial justice.
0:00 - Episode Introduction
1:30 - Discussing the Current Context
8:03 - Conversation with Kurt Streeter
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Kurt Streeter covers sports at The Times. He primarily writes features and essays, and has a particular interest in stories related to race, gender and social justice. Prior to coming to The Times in 2017, he was a senior writer for ESPN. He also covered the inner city for the Baltimore Sun and spent 15 years at the Los Angeles Times, where he wrote about everything from crime to transportation to religion, and also was a columnist. A former athlete, in younger days Streeter played college tennis at California Berkeley and was world ranked by the ATP Tour for three years. He lives on the west coast.
Kurt's latest column for the New York Times : www.nytimes.com/2020/08/27/sports/basketball/kenosha-nba-protests-players-boycott.html
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