Commodified and criminalized : new racism and African Americans in contemporary sports / edited by David J. Leonard and C. Richard King.

Commodified and Criminalized examines the centrality of sport to discussions of racial ideologies and racist practices in the 21st century. It disputes familiar refrains of racial progress, arguing that athletes sit in a contradictory position masked by the logics of new racism and dominant white ra...

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Other Authors: Leonard, David J. 1973-, King, C. Richard, 1968-
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Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2011]
Series:Perspectives on a multiracial America series.
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