From the archive: Black Lives Matter and tackling racism Football Weekly – The Guardian

As a follow up to our previous special recorded in October 2019, we took another look at race issues within football last June, following the tragic death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests across the world.

We hear from Troy Townsend of Kick It Out, Jordan Jarrett Bryan of Its All Blakademik and Elliott Ross of The Correspondent, exploring the football worlds reaction and incidents of racism in the game since the last podcast tackling the subject.

We ask why the punishments from footballs governing bodies for racial abuse arent anywhere near tough enough, and why black representation in positions of football leadership is still so low.

Finally, we ask tough question about black representation in the sports media world including in this podcast.

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From the archive: Black Lives Matter and tackling racism Football Weekly - The Guardian