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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Black athletes"”.
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Black Ball: The Exploitation of Black Athletes through Major Revenue-Producing Sports
Delon Lowe, Liberal Studies, Wake Forest University
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The Impact of Racial Microaggressions on Black Athletes: Implications for Counseling and Sport Psychology
The purpose of this study was to explore Black collegiate athletes experiences with racial microaggressions. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine Black student athletes regarding their experiences of subtle forms of racism within sport and academia. Findings of the analysis indicated …
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No More "Sticking to Sports": Black Athlete Activism and Its Political Consequences
… to understand the political consequences of Black athlete activism. Despite the longstanding intersection of sports and politics, social-scientific inquiries into this symbiosis and its consequences for the political arena remain mostly absent. Most existing accounts of athlete activism, and …
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"Cause I'm Young and I'm Black and My Hat's Real Low": Race, Hip-Hop, and Transformations in the NBA During the Late 1990s and Early 2000s
… responded to and managed the new generation of black players during the late 1990s and early 2000s while marketing to primarily white audiences. This time period is important in that it was unapologetically coined the 'thug era' by sports media and basketball fans alike, and the 'thug' label was …
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Color-blind: The Effects of a Reporter's Race on Framing
… the widespread use of frames that contrast athletes' physical (i.e., the "brawn" frame) and mental abilities (i.e., the "brain" frame) in mediated sports content, especially in verbal commentary. An athlete's race has been extensively studied as a key variable that determines which frames …
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Jim Crow in the big house: The benching of Willis Ward and the rise of segregation in the north
… the North. The scrutiny of incidents involving black athletes at northern institutions has provided empirical evidence to buttress the certainty that the North, like the South, also engaged in or capitulated to the practice of discriminating against blacks. In many cases, black athletes at …
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Ethnic differences in Cardiac Adaptation to Exercise
… changes. These are well described in Caucasian athletes (WA). Male black athletes (MBAs) demonstrate a higher prevalence of repolarisation anomalies and a greater maximal left ventricular wall thickness (mLVWT). The longitudinal significance of this is unclear. There is no published data on …
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Athletes heart and exercise related sudden cardiac death: Across the age span
… However, a small, but notable proportion of athletes die suddenly due to inherited or congenital disorders of the heart that predispose to malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Such tragedies are highly publicised, particularly when high-profile athletes are involved. To date, limited evidence …
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THE EFFECT OF ETHNICITY AND BODY SIZE ON THE ATHLETE’S HEART AND THEIR IMPACT ON CARDIOVASCULAR PRE-PARTICIPATION SCREENING
… Ethnicity is of particular importance as athletes of an African/Afro-Caribbean ethnicity demonstrate a greater prevalence of abnormal changes suggestive of pathology. There is however paucity in the literature of the athlete’s heart among other ethnicities. For this reason Study 1 …
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"Let Us Make Man": The Development of Black Male (Student)-Athletes in a Big-Time College Sport Program
Black athletes in big-time college sport programs at predominately White institutions (PWIs) are faced with many developmental challenges. This study attempted to collaborate with Black male sport participants in efforts to understand their perspectives on factors posited to impact their …
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Colour in the lines: The racial politics and possibilities of US skateboarding culture
… who have played critical roles in the culture as athletes, company owners, managers and media producers. Participants in the study are from a spectrum of racial backgrounds (African American, Asian American, Latinx/Hispanic) with their skateboarding participation ranging from the mid-1970s to the …