Critical Race Theory: Black Athletic Sporting Experiences in the United States

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hawkins, Billy J. (Editor), Carter-Francique, Akilah R. (Editor), Cooper, Joseph N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Sports > Sociological aspects.; Education, general.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.

This book examines the role of race in athletic programs in the United States. Intercollegiate athletics remains a contested terrain where race and racism are critical issues often absent in the public discourse. Recently, the economic motives of intercollegiate athletic programs and academic indisc...