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A review by nina_rod
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Dave Zirin, Michael Bennett
4.0
4.5 Stars. Micheal Bennett is a former Seahawk, so I knew exactly who this guy is when I saw this book at a book store during Seattle Independent Bookstore Day. So I just had to buy it! (Support your local bookstores) Bennett talks about how shitty the NCAA and NFL are to its players, the NFL kneeling protests, his foundation on fighting food deserts and how awesome Seattle is! He also talks about other NFL players in a chapter he titles “Soap Opera for men.”
But the thing that made this white girl so uncomfortable is that Bennett says Tom Brady is a good quarterback. WTF! Them fighting words here in Seattle! Does Bennett even want us to read his book if he is gonna say that smug ass, cheater pants is a great player. F that!
Not only does Bennett support the Black Lives Matter movement as an active kneeling protestor in the NFL, but he also supports the Women’s March and eliminating women’s pay inequality and violence against women. And I appreciate that. I am a white woman that supports the Black Lives Matter movement. We can all speak out against any injustice. Intersectionality Matters!
Football is more fun now that it got more political. But for the sake of its players, the sport has to change or it has to go away. We know better now about CTE and it’s affects and we need to do better.
But the thing that made this white girl so uncomfortable is that Bennett says Tom Brady is a good quarterback. WTF! Them fighting words here in Seattle! Does Bennett even want us to read his book if he is gonna say that smug ass, cheater pants is a great player. F that!
Not only does Bennett support the Black Lives Matter movement as an active kneeling protestor in the NFL, but he also supports the Women’s March and eliminating women’s pay inequality and violence against women. And I appreciate that. I am a white woman that supports the Black Lives Matter movement. We can all speak out against any injustice. Intersectionality Matters!
Football is more fun now that it got more political. But for the sake of its players, the sport has to change or it has to go away. We know better now about CTE and it’s affects and we need to do better.