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Commodified and Criminalized: New Racism and African Americans in Contemporary Sports

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Commodified and Criminalized: New Racism and African Americans in Contemporary Sports - Leonard, David J (Editor), and King, C Richard (Editor), and Andrews, David L (Contributions by)
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Commodified and Criminalized examines the centrality of sport to discussions of racial ideologies and racist practices in the 21st century. It disputes familiar refrains of racial progress, arguing that athletes sit in a contradictory position masked by the logics of new racism and dominant white racial frames. Contributors discuss athletes ranging from Tiger Woods and Serena Williams to Freddy Adu and Shani Davis.

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Commodified and Criminalized: New Racism and African Americans in Contemporary Sports 2012, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442206786

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Commodified and Criminalized: New Racism and African Americans in Contemporary Sports 2010, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD

ISBN-13: 9781442206779

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