From Exploitation Back to Empowerment
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From Exploitation Back to Empowerment

Black Male Holistic (Under)Development Through Sport and (Mis)Education

  1. 342 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

From Exploitation Back to Empowerment

Black Male Holistic (Under)Development Through Sport and (Mis)Education

About this book

Previous critics have documented the damaging effects of the current exploitative sporting and education structures in the United States on Black males and the broader Black community. However, largely missing from scholarly literature and popular discourses on this topic is a comprehensive analysis of the heterogeneity among Black male athletes' lived experiences and outcomes over their lifespans. From Exploitation Back to Empowerment: Black Male Holistic (Under)Development Through Sport and (Mis)Education by Joseph N. Cooper addresses three major issues: (1) the under theorization of Black male athletes' socialization processes, (2) the preponderance of deficit-based theories on Black male athletes, and (3) the lack of expansive analyses of Black male athletes from diverse backgrounds. Grounded in empirical research, this text outlines five socialization models of Black male holistic (under)development through sport and (mis)education. The five socialization models include: (a) illusion of singular success model (ISSM), (b) elite athlete lottery model (EALM), (c) transition recovery model (TRM), (d) purposeful participation for expansive personal growth model (P 2 EPGM), and (e) holistic empowerment model (HEM). Using ecological, race-based, gender-based, psychological, and athletic-based theories, each of the proposed models incorporates critical sociological insights whereby multi-level system factors (sub, chrono, macro, exo, meso, and micro) along with various intersecting identities and additional background characteristics are taken into account. In addition, historical, sociocultural, political, and economic conditions are examined in relation to their influence on Black males' socialization in and through sport and (mis)education. This nuanced analysis allows for the development of a systematic blueprint for Black male athletes' holistic development and more importantly collective racial and cultural uplift.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. Foreword
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1. A Socio-Historical Overview of Black Males’ Sport Involvement in the United States
  8. Chapter 2. Systemic Miseducation Through Schooling and Sport
  9. Chapter 3. Towards a Framework for Black Male Holistic (Under)Development Through Sport and (Mis)Education
  10. Chapter 4. Illusion of Singular Success Model: Holistic Underdevelopment and Athletic Identity Foreclosure Through Unconscious Exploitation
  11. Chapter 5. Elite Athlete Lottery Model: Holistic (Under)Development and Interest Convergence with Exploitative Systems
  12. Chapter 6. Transition Recovery Model: From Holistic Underdevelopment and Unconscious Exploitation to Holistic Development and Conscious Empowerment
  13. Chapter 7. Purposeful Participation for Expansive Personal Growth Model: Holistic Development Through Conscious Navigation of Exploitative Systems
  14. Chapter 8. Holistic Empowerment Model: Conscious Resistance Against Exploitation
  15. Chapter 9. Sustained Empowerment: The Unbreakable Legacy Continues
  16. Index