Runstedtler, T. (2018). More Than Just Play: Unmasking Black Child Labor in the Athletic Industrial Complex. Journal of Sport and Social Issues<\/i>, 0193723518758458.<\/p>\n
African Americans\u2019 hypervisibility in sports remains a frequent point of critique. There has been a tendency to blame Black youths for their supposed \u201csports fixation.\u201d Complicating this narrative of cultural pathology, I examine the foundational importance of Black boys\u2019 athletic labor to the profitability of the sporting industries. I first trace the structural conditions (imperialism, racism, industrial capitalism) that contributed to the hypervisibility of young Black boxers at the turn of the 20th century. I then explore the contemporary conditions driving Black hypervisibility in basketball. Analyzing Hoop Dreams<\/i> (1994) alongside the aggressive tactics of corporations such as Nike, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the National Basketball Association (NBA) to recruit talent at younger and younger ages, I illustrate that Black boys are performing a kind of child labor. Similar to Black boxers from a century before, Black youths\u2019 focus on achieving success in basketball is not just a simple matter individual \u201cchoice.\u201d It is also symptomatic of their continued political, social, and economic marginalization in the postindustrial, neoliberal United States, which sports companies capitalize on.<\/p>\n
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