Here. Today, we will be talking about athletes, racial, and social justice. This intersection of workers and social justice is something that aflcio has been doing for decades. Since recent happenings in our world we have really started Digging Deeper into social justice. For us, talking about workers who deal with Racial Justice issues and how unions should protect people of color and the work that we do in the workplace. You know, i think about what is going on in our nation and the conversation around Colin Kaepernick. We all know that conversation around athletes taking a stand spans way far back. I do not know how many of you have been to the africanamerican smithsonian. They started with the most famous of athletes taking direct action with the olympics. Think about mohammed ali. Think about the desegregation in baseball, football, and basketball. The wnba. Today is not the first time, right now is not the first time that athletes have taken a stand. Taking a stance. If you think
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