{"id":60763,"date":"2021-05-05T02:32:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T02:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=60763"},"modified":"2021-05-05T02:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T02:32:48","slug":"bubba-wallace-welcomes-fans-into-his-garage-with-new-netflix-docuseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=60763","title":{"rendered":"Bubba Wallace Welcomes Fans Into His Garage With New Netflix Docuseries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bubba Wallace Welcomes Fans Into His Garage With New Netflix Docuseries<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Root<\/a>
\n2021-04-23<\/p>\n

Jay Connor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nPhoto: Chris Graythen (Getty Images)<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Being the only Black driver in NASCAR\u2019s top racing series<\/a> comes with more than its fair share of trials and tribulations.<\/p>\n

In the last year alone, we\u2019ve seen Bubba Wallace<\/a> succeed in his quest to get Confederate flags banned from the sport<\/a> and face subsequent backlash<\/a>, endure the infamous noose saga, and have his own mother<\/em> detail the racism he continually faces<\/a>. But while the lows were low, he also had his fair share of triumphs.<\/p>\n

Wallace was named<\/a> the 2020 Comcast Community Champion of the Year for his work \u201cto lift up individuals seeking a means to fulfill their potential, no matter their race, gender, disabilities or socio-economical situation,\u201d and joined Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin\u2019s 23XI Racing<\/a>, with Jordan serving as the first Black principal owner of a full-time Cup team in nearly 50 years.<\/p>\n

Again, it\u2019s been a hell of a year, and thankfully, it\u2019s about to get a lot better…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bubba Wallace Welcomes Fans Into His Garage With New Netflix Docuseries The Root 2021-04-23 Jay Connor Photo: Chris Graythen (Getty Images) Being the only Black driver in NASCAR\u2019s top racing series comes with more than its fair share of trials and tribulations. In the last year alone, we\u2019ve seen Bubba Wallace succeed in his quest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8,20],"tags":[30863,31403,30867,30868,29469,7222,3234,31402],"class_list":["post-60763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-bubba-wallace","tag-jay-connor","tag-nascar","tag-national-association-for-stock-car-auto-racing","tag-netflix","tag-sports","tag-the-root","tag-william-darrell-bubba-wallace-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60766,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60763\/revisions\/60766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}