Darron T. Smith

When Race, Religion, and Sport Collide (eBook, PDF)

Black Athletes at BYU and Beyond

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

When Race, Religion, and Sport Collide tells the story of Brandon Davies' dismissal from Brigham Young University's NCAA playoff basketball team to illustrate the thorny intersection of religion, race, and sport at BYU and beyond. Author Darron T. Smith analyzes the athletes dismissed through BYU's honor code violations and suggests that they are disproportionately African American, which has troubling implications. He ties these dismissals to the complicated history of negative views towards African Americans in the LDS faith. These honor code dismissals elucidate the challenges facing black athletes at predominantly white institutions. Weaving together the history of the black athlete in America and the experience of blackness in Mormon theology, When Race, Religion, and Sport Collide offers a timely and powerful analysis of the challenges facing African American athletes in the NCAA today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216248644
• Artikelnr.: 74835050

Autorenporträt

Darron T. Smith is a frequent commentator on issues of race, including a New York Times post on transracial adoption and Haiti. He is assistant professor at Wichita State University and the coeditor of the book Black and Mormon.

Inhaltsangabe

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