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howard bryant has been watchingl all of thiely. his new book is called "the heritage: black athletes, aam divideica and the politics of patriotism." he's a columnist for espn as well and this evening he is in hartford connecticut. howard, thanks so much for making the time. i want to begin by asking you abouthat decision made by the league lat month. they thoughthey had an answe here, right, a way to balance the players' protests with can criticism from the president. what do the events of the last 24 hours tell butnkt? >> i the events have told me this is precisely what this collision between this hisry of african american athletes exerting their-- using their platform for social injustice, against social injustice, ocollide waig president as really engaged in a culture war. this culture war started back in september, and during the clip that you showed. and the players-- the players believed in the game. the players believe, with ownership, they created a compromise. $90 millionhi partnership to fight social injustice, and then t

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