TY - JOUR
T1 - Intersectionality, critical race theory and American sporting oppression: Examining black and gay atheletes
AU - Anderson, Eric
AU - Mccormack, Mark
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - This article examines the influence of the racial categories of White and Black and the sexual categories of gay and straight on sporting American men. The effect of the intersection of these cultural categories is discussed by investigating the exclusion of athletes who are both Black and gay, as well as highlighting the culturally perceived differences of (straight) Black and (White) gay men. However, the analysis accounts for more than just difference, examining the commonalities of oppression between these discrete identity groups. We use the research on Black athletes to call for further empirical study on gay athletes. It is argued that critical race theory and intersectionality offer complex and nuanced understandings of these oppressions, which, when theorizing is left solely to the realm of poststructuralism, can otherwise be missed.
AB - This article examines the influence of the racial categories of White and Black and the sexual categories of gay and straight on sporting American men. The effect of the intersection of these cultural categories is discussed by investigating the exclusion of athletes who are both Black and gay, as well as highlighting the culturally perceived differences of (straight) Black and (White) gay men. However, the analysis accounts for more than just difference, examining the commonalities of oppression between these discrete identity groups. We use the research on Black athletes to call for further empirical study on gay athletes. It is argued that critical race theory and intersectionality offer complex and nuanced understandings of these oppressions, which, when theorizing is left solely to the realm of poststructuralism, can otherwise be missed.
KW - oppression
KW - critical race theory
KW - sport
KW - race
KW - gay athletes
KW - intersectionality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956319213&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2010.503502
U2 - 10.1080/00918369.2010.503502
DO - 10.1080/00918369.2010.503502
M3 - Article
SN - 0091-8369
VL - 57
SP - 949
EP - 967
JO - Journal of Homosexuality
JF - Journal of Homosexuality
IS - 8
ER -