Michael Bennett, one of the NFL’s more outspoken players has a book coming out in April 2018 titled, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable. The title alone is sure to cause a strong reaction from a certain segment. The book will be co-authored by Dave Zirin of the Nation. In a series of tweets, Zirin announced the news.
It will be Black Santa’s thoughts about, in his words, “the NFL, racism, sexism, intersectionality and athletes being no longer silenced.”
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) July 24, 2017
Bennett has made stances on social issues including, the 2016 presidential election, which he called a disgrace. He also believes NFL owners are blackballing Colin Kaepernick because of his national anthem protest.
Bennett is a thoughtful and intelligent guy, I’m looking forward to checking it out. The thing is, the people that need to read the book and understand the issues being discussed will dismiss it because of he title. Perhaps the content makes them, uncomfortable…