#davidzirin — Public Fediverse posts

> Gambling can develop into an addiction like smoking, where you itch without the (figurative or literal) dice in your hands.
> This matters now because the same sports world that banned Rose, with the haughty air of a pope excommunicating an inveterate sinner, is now besotted with gambling. Our smartphones are now portable sportsbooks, and the leagues have reaped billions from the industry.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/pete-rose-gambling-baseball/
#PeteRose #DavidZirin #ZirinOnRose #SportsGambling #ZirinOnGambling

> If somebody’s getting beat up, you should be right there getting beat up, too. I think that our[white people's] role in this is tremendous, because we benefit so much, and we have benefited so much, and there’s yet to be a true national reckoning and acknowledgement and admission to what we did in the past and what we continue to do.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/megan-rapinoe-retirement/
#DavidZirin #ZIrin with #Rapinoe #MeganRapinoe #RaceRelations #USA #TakeTheKnew #TakingTheKnee #ColinKaepernick #Kaepernick