<p>Are white NFL team owners like modern slave masters? Do symbolic gestures produce fruitful political conversations? What kind of historical reckoning would be necessary for real social and political change? Williams historian Gretchen Long considers what the NFL protests signify about race in the United States today.</p>

Are white NFL team owners like modern slave masters? Do symbolic gestures produce fruitful political conversations? What kind of historical reckoning would be necessary for real social and political change? Williams historian Gretchen Long considers what the NFL protests signify about race in the United States today.

MindPop 34: Taking a Knee

A podcast about ideas, politics, and culture. Each episode, David Sehat and his guests break down the questions of the day with a bigger picture perspective.  If you want engaging discussion with interesting thinkers, welcome to MindPop.

About the host: David Sehat teaches history at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is also the author of This Earthly Frame (2022), The Jefferson Rule (2015), and The Myth of American Religious Freedom (2011).

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A podcast about ideas, politics, and culture. Each episode, David Sehat and his guests break down the questions of the day with a bigger picture perspective. If you want engaging discussion with interesting thinkers, welcome to MindPop. About the host: David Sehat teaches history at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is also the author of This Earthly Frame (2022), The Jefferson Rule (2015), and The Myth of American Religious Freedom (2011).

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