Cotton Fields to Football Fields: The Business of the Body.

from I Didn’t Know, Maybe You Didn’t Either! · host The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

This episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht unpacks the hidden economic throughline between America's plantation past and its modern sports empire, revealing how Black physical labor has long been transformed into mass entertainment and massive profit. From cotton-picking contests to the NFL, the business of the body has changed its uniform -- not its structure.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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