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September 3rd, 2020 | #1 |
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White NWSL players’ silence is failing their Black teammates
White NWSL players’ silence is failing their Black teammates
A few white players have spoken up; the vast majority of them are failing their Black teammates by staying silent in public Sep 3, 2020 The National Women’s Soccer League was the first professional sports league to resume play, putting in the spotlight both them and their handling of two life-enveloping events. First, the COVID-19 pandemic, which wreaks (and is continuing to wreak) havoc on American lives; and second, the cross-country, cross-industry protests and racial reckoning borne of the brutal murder of George Floyd, a Black man killed when white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the back of Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and forty-six seconds. To navigate the pandemic, the NWSL summoned players and limited members of coaching staffs into a bubble in Utah, away from the exposure risks of travel and everyday living - and away from the protests. https://www.allforxi.com/2020/9/3/21...lack-teammates |
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