The Kaepernick effect: taking a knee, changing the world

by Zirin, Dave

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Title Statements

Full title :The Kaepernick effect : taking a knee, changing the world / Dave Zirin.

Summary

"A veteran sportswriter interviews high school athletes, college athletes, pro athletes and others involved in the nationwide movement to "take a knee" in response to police brutality"--

"In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. national anthem. By "taking a knee," Kaepernick bravely joined a long tradition of American athletes making powerful political statements. This time, however, Kaepernick's simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming the preeminent symbol of resistance to America's persistent racial inequality. Critically acclaimed sports journalist and author of A People's History of Sports in the United States, Dave Zirin chronicles "the Kaepernick effect" for the first time, through interviews with a broad cross-section of professional athletes across many different sports, college stars and high-powered athletic directors, and high school athletes and coaches. In each case, he uncovers the fascinating explanations and motivations behind a mass political movement in sports, through deeply personal and inspiring accounts of risk-taking, activism, and courage both on and off the field. A book about the politics of sport, and the impact of sports on politics, The Kaepernick Effect is for anyone seeking to understand an essential dimension of the new movement for racial justice in America." --

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The New Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 219 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781620976753, 1620976757
oclc:on1245957899
LC Classification:GV706.5
Dewey Decimal:306.4/83

Preface -- Introduction -- 1. High school -- 2. College -- 3. The pros -- Epilogue.

Subjects

Athletes Athletes -- Interviews. -- United States Brutalités policières -- États-Unis Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Instructional and educational works Interview interviews Justice sociale -- États-Unis Kaepernick, Colin Matériel d'éducation et de formation Police brutality Police brutality -- United States Social justice Social justice -- United States Sportifs -- Entretiens. -- États-Unis Sports -- Aspect social -- États-Unis Sports -- Social aspects Sports -- Social aspects -- United Stat… United States