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Is DEI a slur now? Plus, control & basketball

Is DEI a slur now? Plus, control & basketball

It's Been a Minute vor 2 Jahren

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Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore
last week, the city's 39 year old mayor, Brandon Scott, a Black
man, stepped out to address the crisis. Hours later, a tweet went
viral calling Scott a "DEI Mayor." To which Brittany and her
guests, NPR's Gene Demby and Alana Wise, say "wait what?" The three
dig into the racism lurking under the surface of this kind of
rhetoric.

Then, as March Madness reaches its final nail-biting stages,
Brittany takes a look at the reality of "student-athletes." What
may feel like an accurate descriptor of these players is actually a
legal classification that bars them from asking for worker's
compensation and other benefits - benefits usually given to
employees. Brittany is joined by sports business reporter Amanda
Christovich and Assistant Professor of Legal Studies in Business at
Boise State University Sam Ehrlich. They discuss how the recent
news of Dartmouth men's basketball team unionizing opens up doors
for broader conversations around how we value "work."

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