Brooks, S. N. (2011). city of basketball love: Philadelphia and the nurturing of black males’ hoop dreams. The Journal of African American History, 96(4), 522-536. Brooks reconstructs the beginnings of African Americans in basketball and focuses specifically on Philadelphia, highlighting the local organization of basketball by African Americans who took… Continue Reading city of basketball love: Philadelphia and the nurturing of black males’ hoop dreams
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African American Males and Learning: What Discourse in Sports Offers Schooling
Mahiri, J. (1994). African American Males and Learning: What Discourse in Sports Offers Schooling. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 25(3), 364-375. This research investigates language use in a youth basketball program of a neighborhood-based organization and compares it to features of classroom discourse. The central focus is on a key communicative event, the… Continue Reading African American Males and Learning: What Discourse in Sports Offers Schooling
A Theory Of The Preferred Worker: A Structural Explanation For Black Male Dominance In Basketball
Brooks, S. N., & McKail, M. A. (2008). A Theory Of The Preferred Worker: A Structural Explanation For Black Male Dominance In Basketball. Critical Sociology, 34(3), 369-387. Black males’ `dominance’ in basketball is taken for granted and often explained in terms of racial difference and socio-environmental factors. However, this is only one… Continue Reading A Theory Of The Preferred Worker: A Structural Explanation For Black Male Dominance In Basketball