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Kalshi is facing backlash over a controversial campaign that turned Black history and the struggle against segregation into a betting market, with critics accusing the prediction platform of commodifying racism, civil rights, and Black suffering for profit. Dr. Rashad Richey discusses on Indisputable. Tell us what you think in the comments below.
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"How much would you have bet on Rosa Parks moving to the back of the bus? This is the kind of information that Kalshi, a U. S. prediction market, wants to know.
For America’s 250th birthday, the market platform rolled out an ad campaign inviting the country to ridiculously and insultingly imagine placing wagers on the color line — a segregation market, if you will.
The centerpiece of the campaign, which Kalshi founder Luana Lopes Lara called her “favorite,” is a 1946 market: Will Baseball End Segregation? Odds: 0%. A Bob Feller quote sneers that even Robinson lacks “the qualities of a big-league ballplayer.” Click forward, and the year turns to 1947. The market, we are told, has “settled.” The color line breaks. Payouts, presumably, are issued.
The romanticization of segregation markets by a multi-billion dollar company currently battling state law enforcement officials is not only a new one but one that is highly insulting to African Americans who literally built America on our backs, from enslavement through civil rights and beyond."
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