Sports and the Racial Divide : African American and Latino Experience in an Era of Change /

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With essays by Ron Briley, Michael Ezra, Sarah K. Fields, Billy Hawkins, Jorge Iber, Kurt Kemper, Michael E. Lomax, Samuel O. Regalado, Richard Santillan, and Maureen Smith This anthology explores the intersection of race, ethnicity, and sports and analyzes the forces that shaped the African America...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lomax, Michael E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2008.
Temas:
Geschichte (umfassend)
Discrimination in sports > United States > History.
African American athletes > History.
Mexican American athletes > History.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sportifs noirs américains > Histoire.
Sportifs américains d'origine mexicaine > Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
African American athletes
Discrimination in sports
Mexican American athletes
Rassismus
Sport
Sport > Rassismus > USA > Geschichte.
Rassismus > Sport > USA > Geschichte.
Afroamerikanischer Sportler.
Sport.
Rassendiskriminierung.
United States
Schwärze
USA
Spanisch-Amerikaner.
Hispanos.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:With essays by Ron Briley, Michael Ezra, Sarah K. Fields, Billy Hawkins, Jorge Iber, Kurt Kemper, Michael E. Lomax, Samuel O. Regalado, Richard Santillan, and Maureen Smith This anthology explores the intersection of race, ethnicity, and sports and analyzes the forces that shaped the African American and Latino sports experience in post-World War II America. Contributors reveal that sports often reinforced dominant ideas about race and racial supremacy but that at other times sports became a platform for addressing racial and social injustices. The African American sports experience represented the continuation of the ideas of Black Nationalism--racial solidarity, black empowerment, and a determination to fight against white racism. Three of the essayists discuss the protest at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. In football, baseball, basketball, boxing, and track and field, African American athletes moved toward a position of group strength, establishing their own values and simultaneously rejecting the cultural norms of whites. Among Latinos, athletic achievement inspired community celebrations and became a way to express pride in ethnic and religious heritages as well as a diversion from the work week. Sports was a means by which leadership and survival tactics were developed and used in the political arena and in the fight for justice.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxxix, 220 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781617030468
1617030465
1282940937
9781282940932

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