Why is there a double standard for World Cup criticism?

“The reason why people don't necessarily apply the 'sportswashing' label equally to places like the United States boils down to racism.” Mehdi and political scientist Jules Boykoff on why the U.S. gets a pass on sportswashing its image. Watch the first episode of “The Dark Side of the World Cup”: https://zeteo.com/p/world-cup-trump-fifa Subscribe to Zeteo to support independent and unfiltered journalism: https://zeteo.com/subscribe Find Zeteo: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com Find Mehdi: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/network/Zeteo