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Shut Up And Dribble: The Racial Subordination Of The Black Professional Athlete, Daniela Tenjido
Shut Up And Dribble: The Racial Subordination Of The Black Professional Athlete, Daniela Tenjido
St. Thomas Law Review
Most popular sports in the U.S. today are dominated by Black athletes. The professional Black athlete today has opportunities that the majority of his nonathlete counterparts do not. Judging objectively, professional Black athletes “made it.” Lucrative lifestyles and international fame, however, has come at a high price in recent years. In the era of the Black Lives Matter movement, a domestic race war, and the increase unleashing of violence against the Black community by police, Black athletes are caught in the middle. Athletes are natural born leaders. This has led to the strong convictions and rightful protest by many of …