Victoria Jackson, sports historian and former professional runner, on the deep roots of injustice in athletics

Social Sport

August 3, 2020

Victoria Jackson is a sports historian and Clinical Assistant Professor of History at Arizona State University. She writes and speaks about the intersection of sport and society, exploring how the games we play and watch tell us much about the communities in which we live. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Slate, Letras Libres (Mexico), Epoca (Brazil), and The Independent (UK), and she is a frequent podcast, radio, TV, and documentary film commentator. She was a cross country and track and field athlete for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and ASU, the NCAA national champion in the 10,000 meters, and a professional runner endorsed by Nike; and she is forever a runner.

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“𝗜𝗳 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁.”

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