Jennifer Horgan: Saying no to ‘sportswashing’ is just turning a blind eye to injustice

Switching off the television is too easy a fix and it doesn’t make the injustice go away. It is far more powerful to sit in our discomfort, to feel it, and understand what it really means
Jennifer Horgan: Saying no to ‘sportswashing’ is just turning a blind eye to injustice

Jennifer Horgan: We can work to encourage the most powerful people to do better.

I REACT to the “sportswashing” scandals differently to most. I think it is healthy to invite the injustices of the world into our sitting rooms.

Far more people have been discussing these injustices in recent weeks. That means something.

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