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With Trump Waging War Against Black People, Where Are Our Muhammad Ali's?

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Author and longtime journalist, Desi Cortez, joins Dick Price and Sharon Kyle of the LA Progressive to discuss the role of Black professional athletes in the fight for civil liberties and civil rights, particularly when the Black community is under fire. Speaking of recent actions taken by the Trump administration, Cortez says, “The alarms are blaring. The sirens are wailing. The enemy isn’t just at the gate—it has the keys to the kingdom.

And yet, Black America’s most powerful, most visible athletes—the ones who have built empires from the very culture this country tries to erase—are silent.

It’s so quiet… You can hear a rat piss on cotton….” Then Desi asks, why?

Why, in this moment of rising fascism, open white nationalism, and judicial rollbacks on civil rights, are our biggest Black sports figures still playing it safe?

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