#BackChannel: Cosby Sentenced, The Intersectionality of Black Athletes and 50 Years of James Brown’s ‘Say It Loud’

In this installment of #BackChannel , contributors Natalie Bullock Brown and Mark Anthony Neal offer context to the sentencing of Bill Cosby on charges of sexual assault, address the lack of intersectionality in coverage of Serena Williams, examine the contradictions associated with Nike’s recent Colin Kaepernick campaign and reflect on the 50th anniversary of James Brown’s “Say It Loud -- I’m Black and I’m Proud.”   #BackChannel is hosted by Frank Stasio of WUNC’s The State of Things .