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Transcripts For CNN United Shades of America 20240707



failed and said i can do better than that. marks get set on this episode, you re about to find out all the reasons you can t do better than that. woo! for a touchdown, a sharpshooter from the midcourt. we re looking at the spirit of america. i grew up resenting sports. when you re a black kid who everybody knows is going to be over six feet tall, every conversation goes to you play basketball. i only did in eighth grade. i went the whole season without scoring a point, like dennis rodman, but without the rebounding and hair. when i lived in chicago, i discovered michael jordan. now i m the guy who quotes the last dance like it s a new book of the bible. i took it personally. but that s the thing about sports. we often take it personally. i m somehow a grown man who hates adults for no good reason. john starks! sports give us a place to unload all of our unchecked f-u on everybody, from little leaguers to hall of famers. and if there is one city that reve ....

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Transcripts For CNN United Shades of America 20240707



every will sports fan has a moment were a athlete has failed and said i can do better than that. on this episode, you are about to find out all of the reasons you cannot do better than that. i grew up resenting sports, when you are a black kid everybody knows you will be over six foot tall and every conversation goes to you play basketball. i didn t eighth grade and i went the entire season without scoring a point. when i lived in chicago i discovered michael jordan. i took it personally. that is the thing about sports, we often take it personally, i am somehow a grown man that hates adults for no good reason. sports gives us a place to offer all of our unchecked anger to everybody involved, if there is one city that revels in its love of winners and hatred of losers, it is my former hometown boston. for a small city it has a chip on its shoulder and boston sports fans would say it is a championship and lots of them. if you are born in boston, you are raised to be a ....

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Transcripts for CNN United Shades of America 20240604 02:30:00

Outspoken about the rights of black people and hemen mentore other black athletes. this is back when it definitely didn t help your brain. we never talk enough about how living with racism affects your mental health. and conversely, we think being a professional athlete means you no problems. but if you re a black athlete or an athlete of color, you have to deal with all the usual pressures of your sport and you have to deal with racism. and plenty of people telling you that you have no right to talk about it. someone once said shut up and dribble. bill russell is one of the main roots of the tree that black athlete protest grows off of. he is the champion of that too. and today s players walk in his footsteps. i m sure you know this. boston not known for being the easiest sports town the play. in some would say the greatest player of all time is bill russell. yeah. said that it was hard to play in the city. yeah. because of the racism you endured. yeah. what is it ....

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