Dave Zirin The Kaepernick Effect : Taking a Knee, Changing the World Hardback

Riveting and inspiring firstperson stories of how taking a knee triggered an awakening in sports, from the celebrated sportswriterThe Kaepernick Effect reveals that Colin Kaepernicks story is bigger than one athlete. With profiles of courage that leap off the page, Zirin uncovers a whole national movement of citizenathletes fighting for racial justice. Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Awardwinning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist 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, Kaepernicks simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming the preeminent symbol of resistance to Americas persistent racial inequality. Critically acclaimed sports journalist and author of A Peoples History of Sports in the United States, Dave Zirin chronicles the Kaepernick effect for the first time, through interviews with a broad crosssection of professional athletes across many different sports, college stars and highpowered 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... | Dave Zirin The Kaepernick Effect : Taking a Knee, Changing the World Hardback