Racism in Sports
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() “Too Asian”?Racism and Post-Secondary Education |
The now notorious Maclean’s article “Too Asian?” from the magazine’s 2010 campus issue has sparked a national furor about race in Canadian higher education. Since the … | Davina Bhandar; Jeet Heer; Michael C.K. Ma; RJ Gilmour | 224 | 2012 | View |
![]() 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 |
![]() Game MisconductInjury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport |
“You’re not a human being, you’re a number, a product, an asset as long as you can perform. If you can’t perform, then you’re a liability and they’ll drop you.” Professional athletes suffer … | Nathan Kalman-Lamb | 192 | 2018 | View |
![]() The Skin I’m InRacism, Sports and Education |
This book discusses the role that sport participation plays in the lives of Black male high school students. As a former professional athlete himself, the author brings a firsthand personal … | Christopher M. Spence | 136 | 1999 | View |
![]() You Must Be a Basketball PlayerRethinking Integration in the University |
“Courageous and peerless, accessible and engaging, Stewart’s critique of the unseemly whiteness of the academy is a tour de force. His account of white academic privilege, … | Anthony Stewart | 126 | 2009 | View |
From ![]() “No One Knows the Mysteries at the Bottom of the Ocean”From: Black Geographies |
Introduction to the themes of the book. Found in black geographies are a history of brutal segregation and erasure, but also processes that inform a different or new approach to the production of … | Clyde Woods; Katherine McKittrick | 13 | 2007 | $1.30 Add |
From ![]() AcknowledgementsFrom: Game Misconduct |
- | Nathan Kalman-Lamb | 2 | 2018 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: “Too Asian”? |
The introduction looks at how liberal and right-wing journalism in Canada deal with issues of “Race” and multiculturalism, especially on university and college campuses. | Jeet Heer | 14 | 2012 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: The Skin I'm In |
- | Christopher M. Spence | 5 | 1999 | $0.50 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionReflections of a Tenured Black Sheep, or How the University Looks to Me |
- | Anthony Stewart | 25 | 2009 | $2.50 Add |
From ![]() Experiences of Black People in Canadian Society |
In this chapter, the author provides a brief history of black people in Canada, and goes on to describe the continued prevalence of institutional racism in academic institutions and the workplace. | Christopher M. Spence | 4 | 1999 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() Part 1 The Myth of Merit The Mythical Meritocracy, or Is the Best Candidate Ever Simply the Best? |
This chapter debunks the myth of the meritocracy, the idea that employers should simply seek out the most qualified applicant for the position. This practice still results in people of colour … | Anthony Stewart | 12 | 2009 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() Sport, Spectacle, and SacrificeFrom: Game Misconduct |
- | Nathan Kalman-Lamb | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
From ![]() The Parable of the TextbookEducation, Meritocracy, and Why History Matters From: “Too Asian”? |
Where did Maclean’s get the notion that they were honourably defending “merit-based” admissions policies against American racist policies? The idea that only considering … | Henry Yu | 12 | 2012 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() Towards African Diaspora CitizenshipPoliticizing an Existing Global Geography From: Black Geographies |
The African diaspora is in effect an already existing globalization of African peoples, but it preceded the economic and communications structures now defined as globalization. To … | Babacar M'Bow; Carole Boyce Davies | 32 | 2007 | $3.20 Add |
From ![]() “Sittin’ on Top of the World”The Challenges of Blues and Hip Hop Geography From: Black Geographies |
In 1930, the Mississippi Delta was already in the devastating grip of the Great Depression. Hunger, evictions, and terror would haunt the region for another four decades. We must ask how could a … | Clyde Woods | 36 | 2007 | $3.60 Add |