Sports: Racism and Sports—Fear of a Black Planet

Scott N. Brooks; Stacey M. Flores; Jorge Ballesteros

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-75232-3_10

Sports: Racism and Sports—Fear of a Black Planet

Scott N. Brooks, Stacey M. Flores, Jorge Ballesteros

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Abstract

College and professional football and basketball are areas in American life where there is supposedly a Black–White win–win. Black athletes gain fame and fortune, and White fans enjoy extraordinary athletic contests. Scott Brooks and colleagues provide a case study of the racism undermining this win–win, which illustrates how cultural racism is deplored and has effects on Whites. They show not only what happens to Black athletes who get out of line, but also what happens to White staff and faculty who side with the Black athletes or who get in the way of their punishment. Suppression of Black protest is costly to Whites as well.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Impacts of Racism on White Americans in the Age of Trump
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	151-167
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030752323
ISBN (Print)	9783030752316
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75232-3_10
State	Published - Jan 1 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Black athletes
Boycott
Racism
Slavery
Sports
Sports fans
Students

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General Social Sciences

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