Friday Fruit: Olympic Edition! (08/03/12)

All-Round Gold Medalist, Gabby Douglass

On Fridays, BTSF posts links to some of the week's happenings.  

It's an opportunity for you to read about racial justice & Christianity from other folks, and for me to give props to the shoulders on which I stand...

Weekly Round Up (OLYMPIC EDITION!):

• A Brief Guide to This Summer’s Unexpected U.S. Olympians of Color

• On the Olympics & Being Indigenous

• There Are Olympians Without Countries—And Millions of Regular People, Too

• Who do you root for? Cheering athletes of color

• The First Asian American Gold Medalist: Sammy Lee

• Breakfast of Stereotypes: Not what Champions should eat

• Gabby Douglas:
• Interview at Valley Church
• via Alvin Sanders
• Wasn’t Thinking About The History She Was Making
• Wins Gold, Gives Glory to God

These are some of BTSF's links of interest this week. What are yours?

Feel free to contribute your own links in the comments section, or submit items you feel should be included during the week. Self-promotion is encouraged.