Racism in football: My Interview on “The Other Side” podcast
Unfortunately, racism in sports has been a hot topic for many years.
Things have been particularly bad in football. The organization Kick It Out, English football’s equality and inclusion organization, reported in its 2017/18 study that there was an increase in reports of discrimination for the sixth consecutive year (and an 11 percent increase from the previous year.)
It was my pleasure to chat about this and more with Scot Kirk of the Columbus Dispatch on his podcast The Other Side.
We talk about the potential causes of racism in football, why Black football players so often find themselves the object of hate and abuse, why players still kneel in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement, and how, as I’ve always said before, racism isn’t a football problem, it’s a societal problem.
It was a great conversation that perfectly captures the intersection between society and football.
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See You, Space Cowboy.
I’m the author of the books “You Say Soccer, I Say Football” and “Community Heroes: What a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA member taught me about community development”
