Black Athletes
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, a growing chorus of critics began calling attention to how African American athletes—especially in college basketball and football—were being systematically exploited by the very institutions that claimed to support them. These athletes generated enormous…
Earl Smith, PhD 5/5/25 Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo,Catch a nigger by the toe,If he won’t work then let him go;Eggs, butter, cheese, bread.Stick, stock, stone dead.1 Let’s say you were looking for a football player. A QuarterBack. As a…
An important voice in the debate about exploitation comes from Professor Harry Edwards. He put it thus: For decades, student athletes, usually 17-to-19 year-old freshmen, have informally agreed to a contract with the universities they attend: athletic performance in exchange…
by Earl Smith, PhD and Angela J. Hattery, PhD One of the strangest phenomena of the last several years is having President Donald Trump, President of the United States of America take direct negative aim at Black athletes. Whether…