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originally posted by: oddscreenname
a reply to: putnam6
And when it's Taiwan's time, no one will be "standing" with them either.
ESPN featured a sports pundit Friday who said it’s hypocritical for Americans to be preoccupied with China’s egregious human rights violations in the context of the Beijing Olympic Games given Republican “assaults on voting rights” and racial injustices in the United States.
During an appearance on Around The Horn on ESPN, J. A. Adande, a former writer for the network and the Director of Sports Journalism at Northwestern University, said the U.S. should examine its own behavior and treatment of its people before attacking China.
“Who are we to criticize China’s human rights record when we have ongoing attacks by the agents of the state against unarmed citizens and we’ve got assaults on the voting rights of our people of color in various states in this country,” he said. “So in sports, I think it’s possible and it’s necessary more than ever to shut everything out if you are to enjoy the actual games themselves.”
originally posted by: ElGoobero
a reply to: putnam6
that sounds like a Bee article
"US Policy Criticized by a Director of Sports Journalism"
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: putnam6
When is China going to buy out Amnesty International so they can "investigate"?