The politicization of athletes really is an interesting development: this stuff would've been unthinkable in the 90s http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/kansas-city-chiefs-marcus-peters-raises-fist-anthem/story?id=42014459 …
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My sense is that the ubiquity of social media is an operative variable -- no more PR middlemen -- but something else must be going on, too.
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The real-time validation one receives from social media means protest is never truly undertaken in isolation: it's a communal endeavor.
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Also interesting is that management seems far more tolerant of divisive political expression than you would've expected in the recent past.
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When NBA players protested the Eric Garner killing by wearing "I Can't Breathe" shirts, commish Silver specifically encouraged their efforts
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There's obviously some variation among the leagues -- NFL probably the least receptive to activism -- but still, the trend seems sports-wide
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