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Kaepernick Flips the Script: Empowering the Silenced Black Athlete

Brackett, LaToya (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017)

Colin Kaepernick, former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, committed no crime, but created an uproar within the United States of America after he took the conscious choice to sit (later kneel) during the National ...
The Revival of Athlete Activism(s): Divergent Black Politics in the 2016 Presidential Election Engagements of LeBron James and Colin Kaepernick

Marston, Steve (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017)

In the fall of 2016, LeBron James and Colin Kaepernick stood as two of the most visible figures in the recent revival of Black sport-activism. It is perhaps inevitable, then, that both men engaged in that season’s Presidential ...
Zola Budd and the Political Pawn

Sailors, Pam R. (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017)

The attitude toward athletes engaging in political speech has varied over time, with activism often discouraged, but encouraged on rare occasions. The paper seeks to reconcile the two conflicting positions through proposing ...

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