Unit Four: Curated Collection, The Role of Race in Professional Sports
A Curated Collection of Sports Texts
What is "racism?" How has our country's original colonialism translated into a common U.S. value of White privilege? How does White privilege extend into treatment of athletes of color? How have media reproduced racism through hostile, derogatory, or negative messages about athletes of color?
One non-fiction print text to read
One set of visual images to view
One composition to listen to
One literature print text to read
"Why Slate will no longer refer to Washington's NFL team as the Redskins," by Plotz
"Volkswagen's Super Bowl Ad an Unfunny Slight to Culture," by Glenn
"Johnny Baseball uses Red Sox, Baseball to Entertain, Educate"
"The Red Sox, Race, and Showtunes: They're all in Johnny Baseball," by Anderman
"The Bambino, and Other Curses of the Red Sox," by Brantley
45 Years since the Black Power Fists: A Call for Papers
Project Implicit at Harvard: Take a Stereotyping Test (needs Java)
"Fox Sports Sued by Veteran African-American Executive"
Sports and Race from SportsGrid
Advice for Athletes: Invest in Your Future, Not your Fame blog
"Why America is Still Hatin' on Black Athletes" blog
"The Problem is Black and White, but UNC Continues to Lose" blog
"Michigan's Fab 5 in their Own Words," from ESPN
Grant Smith's Response to Jalen Rose
"Clippers Owner Donald Sterling: 'Don't Bring Black People to My Games'"
Bruins Issue Statement Condemning Racism toward P.K. Subban after Game 1
"Race: Are We So Different?" Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
"Survey Shows Split on Racial Opportunities"
The Pop History Dig: Reese and Robinson
"The 2011 Racial and Gender Report Card: Major League Baseball"
Targeting Communities of Color
Racial Bias in Basketball Fouls
The Job Crisis by Race and Gender
America: When We Do and Don't Talk about Race Cartoon
African-American Athletes Pinterest
Sports Moments in Black History for Kids
ESPN Fab Five Documentary (view 10 minutes or so)
"The Unequal Opportunity Race"
"Inspirational: How Great I Am"
"Athlete Speaks Out on Animated Video, Audio Clip"
"Champions: Back History Tribute"
Ira Glass, This American Life: "Tribes"
Keeping Children Safe in Sports You Tube
25 Best Songs about Athletes (note only the songs about athletes of color, please)
10 Best Rap Songs Named after Athletes(note only the songs about athletes of color, please)
"African American Athlete Song"
"NCAA Should Bolster and Reinforce African-American Players," by Frank DeFord (podcast)
"Former WAER Broadcasters Address Race, Gay Rights, Business Issues" podcasts
"Postracial Nation: Blacks, Laissez Faire Racism, and a Changing American Landscape" podcast
"The Black Bruins" (spoken word)
"Stephen A. Smith Explains Kobe's Take on Treyvon Martin" on Arsenio Hall Show
"Stephen A. Smith Brings a Voice of This Generation to Jim Brown's Comments" on Arsenio Hall Show
"Politican's Ridiculous Tweet About NBA: Is It Racist?"
"Proud Racist Radio Host: Obama is a Monkey President"
"Muhammad Ali on Black & White"
"Stokely Carmichael's 'We Ain't Going'" speech
"Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?" Malcolm X speech
"Baseball Star Jackie Robinson Talks Race Relations"
"A Poem for 'Magic'," by Troupe
12H: "The Right (Write) Start: African American Language and the Discourse of Sounding Right," by Dyson and Smithman (attachment)
12H: "Pornographic Eroticism and Sexual Grotesquerie in Representations of African American Sportswomen," by McKaya and Johnson (attachment)
12H: "The Perpetuation of Subtle Prejudice: Race and Gender Imagery in 1990s Television Advertising," by Coltrane and Messineo(attachment)
"Where Bias Begins: The Truth about Prejudice" (attachment)
African American Women's Language: Discourse, Education, and Identity
"White Privilege," by Peggy McIntosh
"Have I No Glory: Dedicated to Usain Bolt and All Black Athletes," by Dedey
"To Satch (or American Gothic)," by Allen (attachment)
"We Real Cool," by Gwendolyn Brooks (attachment)
"What am I?" by Stephen M. Joseph (attachment)
"Pele at Thirteen" by Thom Satterlee (attachment)
"Jackie Robinson," by Mark Snyder (attachment)
"Robert Whitmore,"By Frank Marshall Davis (attachment)
"We Wear the Mask,"by Paul Laurence Dunbar (attachment)
"America," by Jean Toomer (attachment)
"Incident," by Countee Cullen (see attachment)
"Dream Variations," by Langston Hughes (attachment)
"Coventry," by Mari Evans (see attachment)