LibGuides: Antiracism: A Resource Guide: Activism &amp; Sports

Questions to Consider

Is there a correct way to protest? Lynch, Sydney. "Is there a correct way to protest?" UWIRE Text, 6 Dec. 2017, p. 1. Gale OneFile: News, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.skylinecollege.edu/apps/doc/A524315853/STND?u=plan_skyline&sid=STND&xid=3657cdc0. Accessed 15 July 2020.
Do players have a right to use their fame to draw attention to causes they care about? Smith, Patricia. "The Anthem Debate: How a small protest movement in the NFL turned into a national debate over patriotism, free speech, and race relations." Junior Scholastic/Current Events, vol. 120, no. 4, 30 Oct. 2017, p. 6+. Gale General OneFile, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.skylinecollege.edu/apps/doc/A513758940/GPS?u=plan_skyline&sid=GPS&xid=d42fe0a8. Accessed 21 July 2020.
Do African American athletes have an obligation to fight against racial injustice? Hall, Eric A., et al. "Policy Point--Counterpoint: Do African American Athletes Have an Obligation to Fight Against Racial Injustice?" International Social Science Review, vol. 93, no. 2, 2017, p. 1R+. Gale Academic OneFile, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.skylinecollege.edu/apps/doc/A534025276/AONE?u=plan_skyline&sid=AONE&xid=7078b4e1. Accessed 28 Aug. 2020.
Why do people kneel during the national anthem? "Why do people kneel during the national anthem." UWIRE Text, 10 Oct. 2017, p. 1. Gale OneFile: News, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.skylinecollege.edu/apps/doc/A523771702/STND?u=plan_skyline&sid=STND&xid=bafd0eee. Accessed 15 July 2020.

Olympic Protests

Peter Norman, Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the medalists' podium at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. Photo credit: John Dominis, Getty/The LIFE Picture Collection

John Carlos comes home Zirin, Dave. "John Carlos comes home." The Progressive, vol. 75, no. 12, Dec. 2011, p. 73. Gale In Context: U.S. History, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.skylinecollege.edu/apps/doc/A275311003/GPS?u=plan_skyline&sid=GPS&xid=0063ac1c. Accessed 21 July 2020.
Tommie Smith's Fist Is Still Raised: "We Still Need to Fight" Belson, Ken. "Tommie Smith's Fist Is Still Raised: 'We Still Need to Fight'." International New York Times, 16 June 2020, p. NA. Gale OneFile: News, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.skylinecollege.edu/apps/doc/A626698741/GPS?u=plan_skyline&sid=GPS&xid=613035e1. Accessed 21 July 2020.
Exiled, rejected, defunded - the heavy price of taking a stand against racism "Exiled, rejected, defunded - the heavy price of taking a stand against racism; Rick Broadbent finds that defending human rights still carries huge risks for athletes, 52 years after an entire nation turned on Peter Norman." Times [London, England], 7 July 2020, p. 53. Gale Academic OneFile, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.skylinecollege.edu/apps/doc/A628764090/GPS?u=plan_skyline&sid=GPS&xid=8c1c6c2e. Accessed 21 July 2020.
"Black Fists and Fool's Gold: The 1960s Black Athletic Revolt Reconsidered" The LeBron James Decision and Self-Determination in Post-Racial America Ratchford examines the dynamics of race and sport from the 1968 silent protest to the 2010 LeBron James decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. Although contextually removed and symbolically different from the silent protest, he argues that James' hour-long decision extended a lengthy tradition of self-determination by black athletes. His controversial and divisive decision challenged the normative player-owner-spectator relationship when James asserted control and ownership of his present and future. The James decision also was particularly noteworthy because he is a black athlete. Historically, the agency and opportunities for black athletes has been restricted. In the twentieth century many white critics, both players and officials, would not accept integrated competition and discouraged activism in sports. So, it is plausible to situate reactions to the James decision in a legacy of criticism against black athletes. Although James was not the first free agent to switch teams, his decision on national television disrupted the age-old American sporting tradition of the player and owner relationship when James publicly shaped his own destiny. Ratchford, Jamal L. “‘Black Fists and Fool’s Gold: The 1960s Black Athletic Revolt Reconsidered’ The LeBron James Decision and Self-Determination in Post-Racial America.” Black Scholar, vol. 42, no. 1, Spring 2012, p. 49. EBSCOhost, doi:10.5816/blackscholar.42.1.0049. Accessed Sept. 1, 2020.
2020 athletes channel the change-makers from sports in 1968 "Hochman: 2020 athletes channel the change-makers from sports in 1968." St. Louis Post-Dispatch [St. Louis, MO], 9 June 2020, p. B1. Gale OneFile: News, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.skylinecollege.edu/apps/doc/A626170518/GPS?u=plan_skyline&sid=GPS&xid=7412cd86. Accessed 21 July 2020.
Can we fight better? Rule 50, activism at 2021 Tokyo Olympics "Can we fight better? Rule 50, activism at 2021 Tokyo Olympics." UWIRE Text, 25 June 2020, p. 1. Gale General OneFile, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.skylinecollege.edu/apps/doc/A627632497/GPS?u=plan_skyline&sid=GPS&xid=61d58333. Accessed 21 July 2020.
Time to abolish rule in Olympic Charter muzzling athletes' social concern "Time to abolish rule in Olympic Charter muzzling athletes' social concern." Gulf News [United Arab Emirates], 16 June 2020, p. NA. Gale OneFile: News, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.skylinecollege.edu/apps/doc/A626753610/GPS?u=plan_skyline&sid=GPS&xid=3f73118f. Accessed 21 July 2020.
Sports, Politics, Protest . . . and the Olympics Sports, Politics, Protest . . . and the Olympics, an open letter by Gwen Berry, American Hammer Thrower, June 8, 2020. https://globalathlete.org/our-word/sport-politics-protest-and-the-olympics-an-open-letter-by-gwen-berry. Accessed July 21, 2020.

American hammer thrower Gwen Berry on the podium at the 2019 Pan American Games. Photo credit: Claudio Cruz/Lima 2019 News Services via AP

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