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Race, Protest, and the Power of the Body in Sport: Taking a Knee

Race, Protest, and the Power of the Body in Sport: Taking a Knee

North, Adam R.

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Sports GeneralGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 30, 2026

ISBN10: 104121927X
ISBN13: 9781041219279
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 30 2026
Pages: 232
Language: English

Race, Protest, and the Power of the Body in Sport explores how and why athletes use public performance to bring audience's attention to structural racism.

The book it focuses on the case of Colin Kaepernick and his decision to take the knee, which eventually became a global gesture for bringing attention to structural racism. In doing so, the book provides the reader with a clear understanding of how audiences respond to athlete activists in the US and in global contexts who seek to bring their attention to structural issues. Through the central case study of taking the knee, the book analyses how Kaepernick was able to bring attention to structural racism, and why taking the knee eventually became a global gesture for bringing attention to police brutality. The book also situates taking the knee in a history of athlete activism to recognise patterns in public response to athlete activism and suggests why different performative features can reduce the hostility athlete activists face.

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