Racism in Sports
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() NEW! A Bible in my HandsFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter focuses on Indigenous history, colonization, and anti-Indigenous racism in sports. Particular focus is put on Lacrosse. | Ian Kennedy | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
From ![]() A Final WordFrom: The Skin I'm In |
Christopher M. Spence | 3 | 1999 | $0.30 Add | |
From ![]() NEW! A Parade for FergieFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter focuses on Chatham’s local hero Fergie Jenkins and other Black athletes’ experiences with adversity and racism throughout their athletic careers. | Ian Kennedy | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() A Politically Correct Uncle Tom and an In-Your-Face TopsyFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson explores the meanings of the made-for-TV movie version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. | Cheryl Thompson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() “A Realm of Monuments and Water”Lorde-ian Erotics and Shange’s African Diaspora Cosmopolitanism From: Black Geographies |
The continued influence of oppressive “narratives of the past” sheds light on a benefit of African Diaspora Cosmopolitanism: it offers ways of defining concepts such as … | Kimberly N. Ruffin | 17 | 2007 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() AcknowledgementsFrom: Game Misconduct |
Nathan Kalman-Lamb | 2 | 2018 | $0.20 Add | |
From ![]() Advertising Black BuddiesFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores the career of Michael Jordan, who Thompson suggests was used to sell white America not just consumer products, but also a squeaky-clean image of Black masculinity. | Cheryl Thompson | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Amos ‘n’ AndyFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson explores the role of radio in perpetuating caricatures of Blackness. | Cheryl Thompson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
From ![]() AppendixLetter from the Rastafari Community of Shashamane to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, June 27, 2001 See chapter 2, p.. From: Black Geographies |
A letter to the UN concerning Shashamane, the land granted by Haile Selassie in 1931 to members of the African diaspora who wished to return to Africa. This land grant, originally 500 hectares of … | Katherine McKittrick | 2 | 2007 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() Asians and Affirmative Action on CampusAn Historical Canada-US Comparison From: “Too Asian”? |
At its heart, the “Too Asian” controversy is about weighing the benefits to the community against the rights of the individual. That balancing act extends far beyond the campus, and … | David Weinfeld | 12 | 2012 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() Aunt Jemima in ChicagoFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson explores the meaning of Uncle Tom within the context of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Here, Thompson suggests, Americans became increasingly obsessed … | Cheryl Thompson | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Back in the GameFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter is about Indigenous experiences in sports, Indigenous women’s involvement in sports specifically, and gender norms. It discusses how Indigenous women have taken part in the … | Ian Kennedy | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() Barack Obama and the Paradox of Black Political PowerFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines the career of Barack Obama, whose presidential campaign was marked by accusations of disloyalty to the Black community. | Cheryl Thompson | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
![]() Black Geographiesand the Politics of Place |
Black Geographies and the Politics of Place is an interdisciplinary collection of essays in black geographic theory. Fourteen authors address specific geographic sites and develop their … | Katherine McKittrick | 272 | 2007 | View |
From ![]() Blacks in SportFrom: The Skin I'm In |
Christopher M. Spence | 34 | 1999 | $3.40 Add | |
From ![]() Canadian multiculturalism and its nationalismsFrom: Home and Native Land |
Argues the importance for Canadian scholars of noting the roots of at least some aspects of multicultural discursive practice in the United States. In the U.S., the discourse and even the … | Nandita Sharma | 19 | 2011 | $1.90 Add |