Episode 6: Seph Rodney on the Possibilities of Words and Art

"Organized sports may be one of the great achievements of the modern state: they provide a means of public release of frustration, and they model the achievements of a supposedly meritocratic society. They also locate and inscribe a tribal identity that at times appears to transcend race and social class. But the awful truth is that is doesn’t. And now I understand why audiences are so enraged by athletes taking a knee: because these men and women are our dreams, manifesting a grace that the rest of us lack, a grace we expect to stay aloft, in the air." --Seph Rodney, from The Political Truths That Ground Our Athletic Heroes Seph Rodney, PhD, is an art and culture critic based in New York City. He is a staff writer and editor for Hyper Allergic and is also a member of the faculty at Parsons School of Design. More information about Seph can be found on his website: https://sephrodney.com His writing can be found on Hyper Allergic: https://hyperallergic.com/author/seph-rodney/ He is also one of the hosts of the The American Age podcast. Make sure to listen and subscribe: http://theamericanage.org/podcast/ This episode was produced by Eliseo Casiano (www.eliseocasiano.com)