On Account of Darkness
eBook - ePub

On Account of Darkness

Shining Light on Race and Sport

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

On Account of Darkness

Shining Light on Race and Sport

About this book

For marginalized athletes past and present, achievement can bring celebrity without equality and recognition without opportunity.

In many ways, Ontario's Chatham-Kent region is a microcosm of Canadian multiculturalism. As a terminus of the Underground Railroad, it has long been home to a large Black community Walpole Island and Delaware First Nations are nearby and many interned Japanese Canadians worked on local farms during World War II. The history of sport in the region is emblematic of the challenges that have confronted generations of non-white athletes nationwide. Each chapter uses the story of a local athlete—some famous, others more obscure—to illuminate one aspect of the evolving relationship between race and sport in North America. Combining tales of personal triumph with sports history and social commentary, On Account of Darkness examines systemic racism and ambivalent attitudes that persist to this day.

Fall 2022 Young Adult Selection - Top Grade: Canlit for the Classroom

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Table of contents

  1. praise for on account of darkness
  2. Author’s Note
  3. Introduction
  4. Under the Pear Tree
  5. It Was Never Our Game
  6. A Bible in My Hands
  7. The Great White Hopes
  8. The Home Team Wears White
  9. Learning to Play Ball
  10. The Home Stretch
  11. Not Canadian Enough
  12. Turning the Tables
  13. Ragging the Puck
  14. Jump Jim Crow
  15. Double Play
  16. Sundown Town
  17. From Archie to Gene
  18. The International Line
  19. A Parade for Fergie
  20. Not Your Mascot
  21. Making It Work
  22. Sticks and Stones
  23. Back in the Game
  24. Homecomings
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. about the author
  27. Sources
  28. INDEX