Nate Boyer, former U.S. Army Green Beret and NFL player, and Oakland Raiders great Charles Woodson join Monte Poole and Logan Murdock on Race in America to discuss the need to battle "ingrained" biases and systematic racism. Bleacher Report's Taylor Rooks also joins the show to discuss her career and her responsibility as a Black journalist to speak up on these issues.
1:44 -- Nate talks about his reaching out to Colin Kaepernick about the protest
10:33 -- Monte asks Charles for his memories and first reactions to Colin’s initial protest and Nate’s role in it
14:15 -- Monte asks Charles what he would have done in terms of the protest, if he still was an active player
15:55 -- Logan asks Nate how he feels about the common retort that people are disrespecting the flag even though that’s not what the protest is about.
23:00 -- Logan asks Charles how prevalent racism was during his NFL career and beyond
27:00 -- Monte asks Charles about his initial reaction to seeing the George Floyd video
29:30 -- Logan asks Charles about what he must teach his kids about dealing with the prejudice there is in this world
31:50 -- Nate weighs in on NASCAR’s response to the Bubba Wallace situation.
36:09 -- Nate talks about his experience with implicit bias and how it's ingrained in us
39:15 -- Charles and Nate discuss the systematic racism issues in society and how even acting respectfully still can get you hurt
43:50 -- Nate and Charles talk about how narratives can be changed and twisted to fit an opposing view
49:35 -- Nate and Charles discuss the importance of voting, on a national and local level
57:40 -- Logan uses Taylor’s question to ask her when she realized being Black meant something different than being white
59:33 -- Taylor talks about how she noticed things were catered toward whiteness and how whiteness is seen as the norm
61:40 -- Taylor opens up about her career and her journey in journalism
64:30 -- Taylor shares how being Black means she has to prove her worth more often than others
66:55 -- Taylor talks about the responsibility she has as a Black journalist to speak on issues
68:37 -- How the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor incidents got Taylor to realize to use her voice
71:13 -- Taylor weighs in on the Bubba Wallace situation and where NASCAR should go from here
73:25 -- Taylor explains what Black women and what they need from men (specifically Black men) to truly lift Black women
76:30 -- Taylor talks about athletes sacrificing their own interests for the interests of the black community
79:42 -- What Taylor thinks of seeing the protests around the world
80:34 -- What Taylor wants to see from “allies”
83:53 -- Taylor's thoughts on how the movement can sustain its effort