TY - CHAP
T1 - Athleticising young black lives
T2 - confusing education with commerce in high school sports
AU - Crawford, Claire
PY - 2019/6/4
Y1 - 2019/6/4
N2 - Informed by Critical Race Theory, this analysis uniquely exposes the deeply racist ideology of high school sports; an ideology that disproportionately and systematically channels young Black lives into high revenue generating sports on the promise of upward social mobility, increased scholastic opportunity, and respect. Utilising a mixed methodology, this chapter exposes: 1) How standardised testing agendas - as powerful state-mandated segregation systems - disproportionately exclude young Black lives from realising success through ‘traditional’ academic measures, 2) The institutionalised promotion of high-revenue sports as the most genuine means through which a young Black student can experience success, praise, hope and aspiration in schooling, and 3) The damaging and enduring pattern of institutional racism that is participation in high revenue school sports. The analysis concludes that the entrapment of young Black lives in the athletic department is not a result of Black persons seeking respect, expanded opportunities and social mobility, but the White institution’s manufacturing of an athleticised Black identity that ultimately serves White interest.
AB - Informed by Critical Race Theory, this analysis uniquely exposes the deeply racist ideology of high school sports; an ideology that disproportionately and systematically channels young Black lives into high revenue generating sports on the promise of upward social mobility, increased scholastic opportunity, and respect. Utilising a mixed methodology, this chapter exposes: 1) How standardised testing agendas - as powerful state-mandated segregation systems - disproportionately exclude young Black lives from realising success through ‘traditional’ academic measures, 2) The institutionalised promotion of high-revenue sports as the most genuine means through which a young Black student can experience success, praise, hope and aspiration in schooling, and 3) The damaging and enduring pattern of institutional racism that is participation in high revenue school sports. The analysis concludes that the entrapment of young Black lives in the athletic department is not a result of Black persons seeking respect, expanded opportunities and social mobility, but the White institution’s manufacturing of an athleticised Black identity that ultimately serves White interest.
KW - Critical Race Theory
KW - Interest Convergence
KW - High School Sports
KW - Racism
KW - Standardised Testing
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Race-Youth-Sport-Physical-Activity-and-Health-Global-Perspectives/Dagkas-Azzarito-Hylton/p/book/9780815358220
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9780815358220
T3 - Routledge Critical Perspectives on Equality and Social Justice in Sport and Leisure
BT - ‘Race’, Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Health
A2 - Dagkas, Symeon
A2 - Azzarito, Laura
A2 - Hylton, Kevin
PB - Routledge
ER -