Saturday, March 26, 2011

Race, Gender and Sport

We have spent the last couple of weeks talking about performances of femininity and masculinity and their relation to race. So what are the ways in which different forms of masculinity or femininity complicate how we see race? We talked about black femininity, Asian masculinity but what about identities we haven't talked about. Are certain forms of black masculinity more acceptable than others? What about Asian femininity or women who practice Islam? How do these performances influence our perceptions of others? How do we see examples in sport?