In this invited professional insight paper the author draws parallels between recent debates on racism, Black Lives Matters, and related research in sport and cognate domains. Drawing on Critical Race Theory (CRT) the paper contends that a) sport is a contested site, b) sport is a microcosm of society c) ‘race’ and everyday racism are central to our understanding of sport. It overlays this critique with a recognition of the dynamic and multi-dimensional nature of racisms. While the deaths of Black lives are being mourned it is argued that our attention can also become distracted by narrow manifestations of racism (overt). Such approaches leave key stakeholder efforts focused on the individual to the detriment of challenging systemic policie...
Apart from millennium concerns about what it means to be English, ‘whiteness ’ has largely escaped e...
In examining race in sport, this book is an essential contribution to debates about sports policy, t...
This special issue of IRSS was conceived in the wake of the conference ‘Sport, Race and Ethnicity: B...
"In the decade since Kevin Hylton’s seminal book ‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory was publishe...
This research paper examines several scholarly sources related to race and sport. This paper dives i...
This paper applies the concept “blind spots” to describe partial approaches to “race” and gender equ...
"In the decade since Kevin Hylton’s seminal book ‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory was publishe...
The purpose of this paper is to elucidate how racism manifests ‘behind closed doors’ in the backstag...
This essay examines how black sportspeople aren’t sheltered from racism, though they are famous and ...
This article examines legacy claims made by a range of agencies and organizations involved in the Lo...
Inequalities related to racial identity are consistently reported across social institutions, not le...
The purpose of this study was two-fold: to understand the lived experiences of Black male athletes w...
The popularity and globalization of sport has led to an ever-increasing black athletic labor migrati...
During 2021, long-standing concerns about racism in English cricket rose to the surface to become ve...
The Times (UK) sportswriter Simon Barnes (2011: 42) summed up the alluring contradiction of sport: “...
Apart from millennium concerns about what it means to be English, ‘whiteness ’ has largely escaped e...
In examining race in sport, this book is an essential contribution to debates about sports policy, t...
This special issue of IRSS was conceived in the wake of the conference ‘Sport, Race and Ethnicity: B...
"In the decade since Kevin Hylton’s seminal book ‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory was publishe...
This research paper examines several scholarly sources related to race and sport. This paper dives i...
This paper applies the concept “blind spots” to describe partial approaches to “race” and gender equ...
"In the decade since Kevin Hylton’s seminal book ‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory was publishe...
The purpose of this paper is to elucidate how racism manifests ‘behind closed doors’ in the backstag...
This essay examines how black sportspeople aren’t sheltered from racism, though they are famous and ...
This article examines legacy claims made by a range of agencies and organizations involved in the Lo...
Inequalities related to racial identity are consistently reported across social institutions, not le...
The purpose of this study was two-fold: to understand the lived experiences of Black male athletes w...
The popularity and globalization of sport has led to an ever-increasing black athletic labor migrati...
During 2021, long-standing concerns about racism in English cricket rose to the surface to become ve...
The Times (UK) sportswriter Simon Barnes (2011: 42) summed up the alluring contradiction of sport: “...
Apart from millennium concerns about what it means to be English, ‘whiteness ’ has largely escaped e...
In examining race in sport, this book is an essential contribution to debates about sports policy, t...
This special issue of IRSS was conceived in the wake of the conference ‘Sport, Race and Ethnicity: B...