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Lets Talk: Runner’s World so white…but are you really surprised…AND why do you care?

podcast July 4, 2020


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In this episode of The Run Wave Podcast, Kim discusses the Runner's World Magazine  controversy, including their lack of diversity and inclusion of people of color on the cover of their magazine.

Special thanks to these audio contributors:

Amanda
Jessie
Rafael
Tasha

Websites/People mentioned on the show:

Keeping Track Blog Post: https://keeping-track.com/episodes/f/racing-for-representation

Principal Investigator on Keeping Track research project:
Dr. Francine Darroch
francine.darroch@carleton.ca
https://carleton.ca/healthequity/

NY Times Article  – Jogging has always excluded black people
Published on May 12, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/opinion/running-jogging-race-ahmaud-arbery.html

The Run Wave Episodes Mentioned on the show:
Episode 3 – Let's Talk Runners Turned Triathletes
Episode 9 – Let's Talk Running While Black Part 2

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