Contesting 'Race' and Sport Shaming the Colour Line [Hardcover]

In the decade since Kevin Hyltons seminal book Race and Sport: Critical Race Theorywas published, racialised issues have remained at the forefront of sport and leisure studies. In this important new book, Hylton draws on original research in contemporary contexts, from sport coaching to cyberspace, to show once again that Critical Race Theory is an insightful and productive tool for interrogating problematic social phenomena.

Inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois statement that the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the colour line , this book sheds a critical light on the way sport perpetuates racism, while identifying opportunities to challenge its insidious presence. Exploring and explaining the ways in which notions of race are expressed and contested at individual, institutional and societal levels, it addresses key topics such as whiteness, diversity, colourblindness, unconscious bias, identity, leadership, humour and discourse to investigate how language can be used as a device for resistance against racism in sport.

Contesting Race and Sport: Shaming the Colour Line is vital reading for all sport studies students, academics and those with an interest in race, ethnicity and society.

1. Critical Race Theory in Sport

2. Race, Sport Coaching and Leadership

3. Framing Whiteness in Sport Research

4. A Prison of Measured Time? Race, Sport and Leisure in Prison

5. Race and Cyberspace

6. Humour as Resistance in Stories of Racism

7. Critical Race Theory Matters in Sport

Kevin Hylton treads an exciting and inspirational path in this comprehensive and insightful account of race and sport. His is a powerful voice which resonates across differing sports and differing contexts to sound a call for more profound critical interrogation. - Professor Ian Law, School of Sociologl³"