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Steve Hummer: NASCAR confronts race and social justice

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SportsCarolinaMonthly
June 8, 2020

ATLANTA — No major sport in this country is more monochromatic than NASCAR racing. No sport dances to the tune and lyrics of any given Lee Greenwood country song more than NASCAR. No fan base is more likely to fly the occasional Confederate flag at its tailgate than NASCAR’s.So, when NASCAR’s drivers break from the my-country-right-or-wrong culture of their sport to speak out against very real ills of the nation, their voice can be uniquely resonant. They provide a particularly striking example of just how deeply the malignancy of racism and injustice has eaten into our collective soul.It shou…

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