Black Men Can't Shoot

Brooks, Scott N.

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“…Nick avoided forming relationships with peers who would place him at greater risk for violent victimization. Instead, he began to form relationships with conventional role models, primarily coaches and older men from the community who would protect him while on the street (Brooks, 2009). This is similar to Anderson's (1999) concept of ‘old heads’, older black men in the local community who informally serve as mentors and social fathers.…”

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‘Rolling dolo’: Desistance from delinquency and negative peer relationships over the early adolescent life-course

Richardson

Vil

2015

Ethnography

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Although much of the literature on desistance has focused on late adolescence and early adulthood, little is known about how delinquent early adolescent African-American males develop strategies to desist from youth crime and violence during mid-early adolescence. Furthermore, there are few qualitative studies which examine the strategies delinquent black male youth use to negotiate neighborhood violence and the code of the street. This paper explores why some delinquent black male youth choose to maintain distal relationships or acquaintanceships with neighborhood peers as a safety strategy rather than forge relationships characterized by mutual obligation, trust and reciprocity. Youth define this strategy as 'rolling dolo'. Drawing on three years of longitudinal ethnographic participant observations and interviews with 15 early adolescent African-American males (ages 12-16) living in a high-risk, low-income inner-city neighborhood in central Harlem, this paper qualitatively explores the meaning, practices and implications of the safety strategy of 'rolling dolo'.

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“…He was a member of the 'baller' group. Studies on innercity black males and sports have found that young black males work hard at honing their basketball skills to establish a street identity, a process defined as 'to get known' (Brooks, 2009). Here, Nick discusses this concept.…”

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‘Rolling dolo’: Desistance from delinquency and negative peer relationships over the early adolescent life-course

Richardson

Vil

2015

Ethnography

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“…Scholars of color, from multiple disciplines, have written about youth and sports, in journals, as whole books, and as book chapters examining sport as (a) a part of urban culture with Black urban youth as consumers of sport culture (see Brooks, ; Patillo‐McCoy, ); (b) a space that mirrors broader race, gender, and class relations (see “Nathan's Moment” in Anderson, ); (c) a site for immigrant youth to learn, explore, and become Asian/Hispanic/South Asian—“American” (see Thangaraj, ; see Iber, Regalado, Alamillo, & De Leon, ; see Iber, ; see Iber & Regalado, ); and (d) as an avenue for youth to avoid trouble, pursue college aspirations, inspire siblings and young people, and gain respect from peers (see May, ; see Brooks & McKail, ; see Brooks, ; see Contreras, ). This is not an exhaustive list.…”

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Some kids are left behind: The failure of a perspective, using critical race theory to expand the coverage in the sociology of youth sports

2017

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Sports are no longer simply extracurricular activities. For many children, sports are curricular, central to their identity, development, and peer and familial relationships. However, sport scholars and sociologists spend little time trying to learn and understand the huge growth in youth sports participation and even less attention to the role of race in youth sports. Sociology could offer much more, but suffers from what James McKee calls () “the failure of a perspective” with regard to studying and understanding race, racism, and race relations. Critical Race Theory can help to extend the coverage of youth sports to include more input from Youth and of Scholars of Color. In this article, we review a current debate in the sociology of youth sports, which illustrates the gap in understanding the experiences of youth of color and Black athletes in particular. And, we provide solutions and ideas for future research.

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“…It was formed in 1968 "to help the city get over gang wars". 23 Scott N. Brooks spent four years in the Blade Rogers League as a participant observer, working as an assistant to veteran coach Chuck Green. His book focuses on the development of two particular boys, known in the book as Jermaine and Ray.…”

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“…39 36 Brooks,Black Men Can't Shoot,36,45,83,165. 37 Ibidem,[79][80]. 38 Ibidem,23,111,115. 39 Ibidem,89,134,137,138,144,175. …”

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Athletic Mobility

Boddy

2017

Autobiografia

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SummaryThis essay considers the competing ideologies of hard work and natural talent when talking about sporting greatness. Dispelling the myth of the "racial gift" is one of the aims of Scott N. Brooks's 2008 ethnography, Black Men Can't Shoot, a study of Philadelphia high school basketball that suggests athletic mobility has more to do with mentoring and networking than skill, aesthetics or self-expression.

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Black Men Can't Shoot

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‘Rolling dolo’: Desistance from delinquency and negative peer relationships over the early adolescent life-course

‘Rolling dolo’: Desistance from delinquency and negative peer relationships over the early adolescent life-course

Some kids are left behind: The failure of a perspective, using critical race theory to expand the coverage in the sociology of youth sports

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