Episode 138 - The N.B.A. & China with Brooke Daye

Summary: Today's episode is a timely and topical conversation about the escalating audacity of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) and how western companies seem less interested in their blatant human rights violations when it directly impacts their financial health. We look specifically at the NBA, an organisation that attempts to be the arbiter of morality and social justice issues in America, but who folded to the will of the CCP at the slightest hint of disapproval from Beijing surrounding comments relating to the Hong Kong protests. We discuss the role of the NBA, it's players and how they conveniently trade morality for monetary gain when the cause is difficult or untrendy. The contrast between their Black Lives Matters stance and the genocide happening to the Quigher population is stark and telling about how committed they are to real activism vs the appearance of action. Brooke and I had a really interesting discussion that shines a light on what many know and even more choose to ignore; the fact that corporations will say what's required to stay in popular favour domestically and ruffle no feathers to expand globally even if it means turning a blind eye to even more severe atrocities than those that seem like priority one at home. Enjoy! Download/Subscribe to The Quiet Part Loud QPLPodcast.com/podcast iTunes - apple.co/2YQF3hf Spotify - spoti.fi/2LaAAxB Google Podcasts - bit.ly/3el37xa Soundcloud - bit.ly/2zkQfrw Twitter - @QuietPartLoud Facebook - @QPLPodcast