ATHLETES AS ACTIVISTS
The athlete didn’t necessarily grow up wanting to be an activist, but had the impetus for his own advocacy violently set upon him in his rookie year.
Katie Heindl is a writer based in Toronto, Canada. Her work has appeared in The Toronto Star, Rolling Stone, DIME, Yahoo Sports, Canadian Art, VICE and Hazlitt, among others.
The athlete didn’t necessarily grow up wanting to be an activist, but had the impetus for his own advocacy violently set upon him in his rookie year.