Critical Race Theory: Black Athletic Sporting Experiences in the United States

ISBN-13: 9781137600370 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 330 str.

Billy J. Hawkins; Akilah R. Carter-Francique; Joseph N. Cooper

Opis

This book examines the role of race in athletic programs in the United States. Through the lens of Critical Race Theory (CRT), this volume analyzes sport as the platform that reflects and reinforces ideas about race within American culture, as well as the platform where resistance is forged against dominant racial ideologies.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction 

Chapter 2. Fraternal twins: CRT and SRT as analytic and activist tools 

Chapter 3. Interest convergence: A revolutionary theory for athletic reform 

Chapter 4. Scholar-Advocate: The role of scholar advocacy in Black student-athlete matriculation 

Chapter 5. Winning at all cost? An examination of the (UNC) Tar Heel academic fraud scandal 

Chapter 6. Race and racism: The Black experience in sports 

Chapter 7. The presence and absence of race: Ross v Creighton University 

Chapter 8. The double standard of promotion and the suppression of Black enterprise and entrepreneurship 

Chapter 9. Black male images in the NFL: The construction of black masculinity and maintenance of white supremacy 

Chapter 10. The State of Intercollegiate Athletics at Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs): Past, Present, & Persistence

Chapter 11. Social responsibility/accountability in addressing constructs of CRT 

Chapter 12. Black male intercollegiate athletic administrators: Ascending the career ladder 

Chapter 13. Conclusion

O autorze

Billy J. Hawkins is Professor at the University of Houston, USA, in the department of Health and Human Performance. His teaching contributions are in the areas of sociology of sport and cultural studies, sport management, and sport for development at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Hawkins is a recipient of the prestigious Robert Maynard Hutchins Award for his work on intercollegiate athletics. 

Akilah R. Carter-Francique is Assistant Professor of Sport Management at Texas A&M University, USA. Her research scholarship, teaching, and service focus on intersections of race and ethnicity, gender, and sport and physical activity. 

Joseph N. Cooper is Assistant Professor of Sport Management at the University of Connecticut, USA. His research interests focus on the intersection between race, sport, and education.

Blurb

This book examines the role of race in athletic programs in the United States. Intercollegiate athletics remains a contested terrain where race and racism are critical issues often absent in the public discourse. Recently, the economic motives of intercollegiate athletic programs and academic indiscretions have unveiled behaviors that stand to tarnish the images of institutions of higher education and reinforce racial stereotypes about the intellectual inabilities of Black males. Through the lens of Critical Race Theory (CRT), this volume analyzes sport as the platform that reflects and reinforces ideas about race within American culture, as well as the platform where resistance is forged against dominant racial ideologies.