Dossier: Field Goals—New Directions and Intersections

McClearen, Jennifer; Fischer, Mia; Sheppard, Samantha N.; Close, S.; Howell, Charlotte E.; Overby, Katrina Marie

doi:10.7560/vlt8706

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“…Because of Moore's efforts and support, Irons was released from prison in 2021 (Dye, 2022). Moore's efforts speak to the importance of social justice at the root of WNBA principles, as she stepped away from the game (seemingly at her best) in 2019 to fight both against wrongful convictions and for more equitable criminal justice policies and behaviors (see McClearen & Fischer, 2021).…”

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“…The move was not surprising given the long history of WNBA athletes (who are predominantly Black women) and their engagement in activism. These players have historically been some of the primary activists for social issues, oftentimes without much support, job security, and/or proper credit given (Cooky & Antunovic, 2020;McClearen & Fischer, 2021). Unfortunately, this lack of acknowledgement is nothing new for Black women and nonbinary folks in sport (or, at large).…”

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A Perfect Storm: Black Feminism and Women’s National Basketball Association Black Athlete Activism

Cardoso Brown,

Williams,

Schweinbenz

et al. 2024

Sociology of Sport Journal

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This article pays homage to Black Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) players and their activist efforts. Such players are often-overlooked activists who are always “holdin it down” while simultaneously keeping activism at the forefront of their agenda. When the 2020 Women’s National Basketball Association season opened, the athletes in this league took the opportunity to highlight social injustice in the United States; not surprising given the history of Black feminism and athlete activism in this league. Using underwater waves as a metaphor, we examine how the intersectionality of Black feminism and Black athlete activism has largely gone unnoticed. Feminism and women’s rights movements have largely been associated with White women while Black activism has been associated with Black men. This manuscript aims to highlight the efforts of Black women and nonbinary athletes whose work has been instrumental in societal progression.

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A Perfect Storm: Black Feminism and Women’s National Basketball Association Black Athlete Activism

Cardoso Brown,

Williams,

Schweinbenz

et al. 2024

Sociology of Sport Journal

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“Say Her Name”: Activism and Racial Justice

Munro-Cook

2024

New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures

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The Performance and Reception of Race-Based Athletic Activism: Toward a Critical, Dramaturgical Theory of Sport

2022

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The emergence of an unprecedented wave of race-based athletic activism in the last decade presents the opportunity to formulate a more critical, cultural theory of the significance and socio-political function of sport in contemporary life. We begin by centering athlete agency and highlighting the distinctive performative, communicative, and symbolic opportunities that sport affords. However, athletic activism and social messaging are also structured—and their impacts shaped—by a range of contextual factors and institutional forces as well as sport’s own unique cultural status and ideological claims. We catalog these constraints to capture the larger cultural field of sport as a site of racial commentary and contestation. Situating this multifaceted field of protest and response in its larger social, cultural, and media contexts leads us to argue that sport presents a vehicle not only for the performance of protest (as existing theory might have it), but for the representation and dramatization of social contestation, struggle, and change more generally. The lessons and broader implications of this synthesis are discussed in the conclusion.

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Dossier: Field Goals—New Directions and Intersections

Cited by 8 publications

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A Perfect Storm: Black Feminism and Women’s National Basketball Association Black Athlete Activism

A Perfect Storm: Black Feminism and Women’s National Basketball Association Black Athlete Activism

“Say Her Name”: Activism and Racial Justice

The Performance and Reception of Race-Based Athletic Activism: Toward a Critical, Dramaturgical Theory of Sport

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