Darron T. Smith

When Race, Religion, and Sport Collide

Black Athletes at BYU and Beyond

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Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the story of Brandon Davies' dismissal from BYU's NCAA playoff basketball team to illustrate the thorny intersection of religion, race, and sport in college athletics. Weaving together the history of black athletes and the black Mormon experience, the book offers a powerful analysis of the challenges facing black athletes today.

Produktdetails

• Perspectives on a Multiracial America
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 529g
• ISBN-13: 9781442217881
• ISBN-10: 144221788X
• Artikelnr.: 42810897

Autorenporträt

By Darron T. Smith

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1.The Meaning of Sport in the Popular Imagination: The
Collision of Race, Religion and Sport 2.The Origins of Racism and Framing:
Setting the Stage for the History of Blacks in Sport 3.The White Racial
Framing of Blacks in Mormon Theology 4.Black Student Revolts and Political
Uprising in the Late Sixties and Early Seventies: Fanning the Flame of
Black Student-Athlete Revolts 5.Mormon Attitudes toward Civil Rights: It's
God's Law, We're Not Racist! 6.No Honor in the Honor Code: The Suspension
of Brandon Davies and the Incompatibility Nexus between Blackness and
Mormonism 7.Colorblindness and the Health Consequences to Black Male
Student-Athletes through the Illusion of a Free Education 8.Pipeline to a
Pipedream: The Elusiveness of Change in the Era of "Black Lives Matter"
Notes