Feat. Sal Masekela
And it is truly amazing to watch our World Surf League bend, morph, find new feet in the time of Coronavirus. Professional surfing has, of course, been cancelled thereby wiping away the league’s previous raison d’etre. Thankfully the pivot to “media platform” had already begun and now we watch home tours, unboxing videos and Sal Masekela safely zooming with his Santa Monica neighbor from two streets away named Reese on WSL PURE ONE OCEAN about how the Chinese lung disease is actually an “environmental justice crisis disproportionately affecting communities of color.”
A bold recasting.
Did the fans embrace with tear-stained cheeks?
Instagram suggests a mixed response.
ktown80: Right….. I’m gonna have to say that’s a hard pass.
mykure1: “Learn why Covid-19 and is an environmental justice crisis?” Is this evidence based? Or perpetrating fear and false narritives.
samwaldroup: issa no from me
charles.davern: Isn’t there some plastic in some body of water that you guys could cry about? The race card is SO played! Humans are all the same do us all a favor and stop putting color to it!
gastonn808: How did the corona virus turn into a communist agenda?
coliegoalie: WSL x cnn collab?
gra_murdoch: Appreciate the sentiment, but coming from the same outfit that sent me this blast yesterday: “”Live from the Sunrise Shack, Koa Smith opens up, rides, and almost lands a backflip on a fresh Hubboards boogie board that basically breaks the Shaka Scale. He then catches and releases a pesky backyard rat with a new humane trap.” it’s kinda hard to engage sincerely sometimes. Much as I really want to believe.
matt_weier: Damn, I didn’t know Covid was racist. Now i really hate it
jezang: Just stick to surfing @wsl pushing neo-marxism and identity politics is just going to destroy your fan base.
__kate__b: This is soo needed such important quality discussion. This is the best on multiple levels. Love love love it.
Will you watch?
Learn?
Excited?
ELO the CEO is a some sort of shade of bright orange.
Nobody cares, Eugene. Put a GoPro in your mouth and continue your stoke.
Boom… Exactly… Who gives a fuck? Its fucking rat brained to care about that shit. Just give respect.
fresh take!
The real intersectional justice issue around internalized dominance and oceanic privilege has to be with the White Pointers, those bourgeiosie fuckers. #alloceanlivesmatter
Barf
I didn’t get to listen to this one yet, but he was on Doomas and Chads new podcast (which I am really enjoying). Sal talked a bit about race and made the point that he doesn’t like talking about race. I like Sal, he seems like a good cunt
Why are almost all surf bro “Hawaiians” white dudes?
they should 23 and me themselves and tattoo the stats on their face…
I think it’s cause majority of the jobs found within communities of color have been deemed “essential” and they don’t have the luxury of working from home w/ a company-provided laptop. But hey, they got a job and I don’t!
This rat was caught alive in a humane trap.
Then the trap was put in a barrel of water to drown it.
Never release an alive rat… https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
I understand what he is saying… but I think its extremely misguided. It isnt just an issue of race… It is an issue of economic inequality… obvi historically black people in this country were insanely poorly treated and enslaved… Your a product of your environment yada yada.. I get that… but lets focus on accountability and helping out the poor. not focus on stupid ass identity politics that are tearing this country apart. Why doesnt sal focus on chinese americans that are suffering due to everyone hating them right now lol. Its because his message is self serving…