Harry Edwards efterlyser strategi för NAACP:s idrottsbojkott

Sociologen och aktivisten Dr. Harry Edwards delade med sig av sina synpunkter på NAACP:s nyligen framförda uppmaning till svarta gymnasieidrottare att bojkotta universitet i delstater som ritat om sina valdistrikt efter att högsta domstolen begränsat rösträttslagen (Voting Rights Act).

Edwards, 83, noterade att delstater som Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Texas och Louisiana har gått in för att eliminera valdistrikt med svart majoritet. Han sa att förslaget riktar sig mot platser med starka band till college-fotboll, där många idrottare är svarta. Edwards förklarade att han inte motsätter sig idén, men betonade behovet av noggrann planering och en bredare politisk rörelse för att stödja idrottarna.

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