Interview - Ian Kennedy and On Account of Darkness
Canada Reads American Style
English - May 13, 2022 00:20 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSociety & Culture Fiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Rebecca and Tara are excited to chat with Ian Kennedy regarding his debut non-fiction title, On Account of Darkness: Shining Light on Race and Sport. This is a fascinating read for sports fans as well as others interested in the impact that systemic racism has had on great BIPOC athletes of the past.
A resident of Erie Beach, Ontario, Ian Kennedy is an educator and journalist with a passion for storytelling. He is currently a writer for The Hockey News, as well as Yahoo Sports, and has been writing about sports for the past decade for the Chatham-Kent Sports Network, a sports media outlet he founded in 2011. His stories have also appeared in the Globe and Mail, Outdoor Canada, and Canadian Horse Journal.
UPDATE on the Chatham Coloured All-Stars: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/article-trailblazing-chatham-coloured-all-stars-make-it-to-canadas-sports-hall/
Instagram/Twitter: @iankennedyck
https://www.tidewaterpress.ca/on-account-of-darkness/