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Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
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Super Bowl Champion and three-time Pro Bowler Michael Bennett is an outspoken proponent for social justice and a man without a censor.
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Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, a grassroots philanthropist, an organiser, and a change maker. He's also one of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable.
Bennett adds his unmistakable voice to discussions of racism and police violence, Black athletes and their relationship to powerful institutions like the NCAA and the NFL, the role of protest in history, and the responsibilities of athletes as role models to speak out against injustice. Following in the footsteps of activist-athletes from Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, Bennett demonstrates his outspoken leadership both on and off the field.
Written with award-winning sportswriter and author Dave Zirin, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable is a sports book for our turbulent times, a memoir, and a manifesto as hilarious and engaging as it is illuminating.
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Things That Make White People Uncomfortable is praised for its powerful and courageous narrative. Critics commend Michael Bennett for using his platform to address social justice issues, highlighting his honesty, vulnerability, and humour. The book is described as a necessary critique of race and politics within sports and beyond, encouraging readers to challenge the status quo and inspiring activism and dialogue.
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ISBN: 9781608468935
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 April 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Contributors:
- Foreword by Martellus Bennett
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 150.0mm
Height: 226.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Michael Bennett is a three-time Pro Bowler, Pro Bowl MVP, Super Bowl Champion, and two-time NFC Champion. He has gained international recognition for his public support for the Black Lives Matter Movement, women's rights, and other social justice causes. In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans by The Root, was the Seattle Seahawks nominee for the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year award, and was honored along with his brother Martellus with a BET Shine a Light award for exceptional service.
He is the cofounder with Pele Bennett of The Bennett Foundation, which educates underserved children and communities through free, accessible programming. He has held free camps and health clinics in Seattle, in his hometown of Houston, in his current offseason home, Honolulu, and in South Dakota on the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.
He donates all of his endorsement money and the proceeds from his jersey sales to fund health and education projects for poor and underserved youth and minority communities, and recently expanded his reach globally to support STEM programming in Africa.
He is the proud father of three daughters, Peyton, Blake, and Ollie.
Dave Zirinis the sports editor for theNationand the author ofseveral books, most recentlyBrazil's Dance with the Devil. Named one ofUTNE Reader's "Fifty Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World," Zirin is a frequent guest onMSNBC,ESPN, andDemocracy Now!He hostsWPFW's The Collision with Etan Thomas and has been called "the best sportswriter in the United States," by Robert Lipsyte.
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