Runstedtler, T. (2018). More Than Just Play: Unmasking Black Child Labor in the Athletic Industrial Complex. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 0193723518758458. African Americans’ hypervisibility in sports remains a frequent point of critique. There has been a tendency to blame Black youths for their supposed “sports fixation.” Complicating this… read more
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Race, Sport, and Sociocognitive “Place” in Higher Education: Black Male Student-Athletes as Critical Theorists
Armstrong, K. L., & Jennings, M. A. (2018). Race, Sport, and Sociocognitive “Place” in Higher Education: Black Male Student-Athletes as Critical Theorists. Journal of Black Studies, 0021934718760721. The purpose of this research was to further examine the juxtaposition of race, sport, and higher education. It utilized an existential-phenomenological approach to… read more
Perception or Reality: The Relationship Between Stereotypes, Discrimination, and the Academic Outcomes of African American Male College Athletes
Fuller, R. D. (2017). Perception or reality: The relationship between stereotypes, discrimination, and the academic outcomes of african american male college athletes.Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 41(5), 402-424. The current study examined the degree to which stereotypes and racial discrimination affected the academic outcomes of African American male college… read more
The Mis-Education of the African American Student-Athlete
Harrison, L., Bimper, A. Y., Smith, M. P., & Logan, A. D. (2017). The Mis-Education of the African American Student-Athlete. Kinesiology Review, 6(1), 60-69. The African American male student-athlete occupies one of the most peculiar positions in American society. While lauded for their sport performance, they are often viewed as… read more