Kori and Laura discuss the NFL and holding compassion and empathy as core values, now that the coverage of Damar Hamlin’s traumatic experience on the field has subsided. Also discussed: flunking out of fantasy football except for the trash talk, interest in sports waning, turning points of Colin Kaepernick and marrying into Virginia Tech Hokie Nation, positive elements of football, racist incidents at NFL games, Damar Hamlin and collective trauma, perceiving athletes as superhuman vs. humans like us, American values of money and power over compassion and humanity, how racism harms everyone - even White people, diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) work as a way to becoming more fully human, kindness as compassion plus action, choosing interconnectedness, laying bare harmful systems, and making a conscious choice not to look away.
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