Sport and politics have always been impossible to keep apart, despite the efforts of authorities.

The U.S. Black Power protests at the 1968 Olympics and more recently, the viral impact of taking the knee are two of the most famous examples.

These protests were over racial injustice.

But the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests have forced sports teams to consider their own identities, especially those here in the United States whose names have long been considered offensive to Native Americans.

CGTN's Owen Fairclough has been looking at whether some controversial books and monuments can be contextualized in this climate.

But this is difficult to do for sports.

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