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“The ‘blazer boys’ were getting all the chances”: South Asian men’s experiences of cricket coaching in England

03 Aug 2021-Sport in Society (Routledge)-Vol. 24, Iss: 8, pp 1472-1492
TL;DR: In the United Kingdom, recent research documents an overrepresentation of white participants, coaches, and decision makers within sporting contexts as discussed by the authors, in contrast to Black, Asian and minority ethnic (B...
Abstract: In the United Kingdom, recent research documents an over-representation of White participants, coaches, and decision makers within sporting contexts. In contrast Black, Asian and minority ethnic (B...
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1,020 citations

01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the previously under-researched area of the underrepresentation and experiences of elite level minority (male) coaches in men's professional football in Western Europe.
Abstract: This article will examine the previously under-researched area of the under-representation and experiences of elite level minority (male) coaches in (men’s) professional football in Western Europe. More specifically, the article will draw on original interview data with 40 elite level minority coaches in England, France and the Netherlands and identify a series of key constraining factors which have limited the potential for and realization of opportunities for career progression across the transition from playing to coaching in the professional game. In doing so, the article will focus on three main themes identified by interviewees as the most prescient in explaining the ongoing under-representation of minority coaches in the sport: their limited access to and negative experiences of the high level coach education environment; the continued existence of racisms and stereotypes in the professional coaching workplace; and the over-reliance of professional clubs on networks rather than qualifications-based frameworks for coach recruitment. Finally, the article will contextualize these findings from within a critical race theory perspective and will draw clear linkages between patterns of minority coach under-representation, the enactment of processes and practices of institutional racism, and the underlying normative power of hegemonic Whiteness in the sport.

16 citations

Book ChapterDOI
31 Mar 2016
TL;DR: Analysis is offered as to the extent and ways in which the COACH bursary programme has challenged and disrupted some ongoing racialized inequalities in the sport, as well as drawing attention to some key organizational shortcomings of the programme.
Abstract: This chapter will begin by drawing on recent research evidence which has highlighted the low levels of BME representation as coaches in professional football and identified a range of key constraining factors which have the limited the progression of BME groups across the transition from playing to coaching in the professional game. The chapter will then offer some case study analysis of the COACH bursary programme: a positive action initiative designed to offer support to 150 BME coaches to achieve high level coaching qualifications and undertake placement opportunities at professional clubs. In doing so, the analysis will draw on evaluation of the first year of the COACH bursary programme to identify and examine some of the beneficial impacts incurred by participants and participating clubs. The chapter will then conclude by offering some wider analysis as to the extent and ways in which the COACH bursary programme has challenged and disrupted some ongoing racialized inequalities in the sport, as well as drawing attention to some key organizational shortcomings of the programme to this end. Finally, this concluding section will discuss the potential implications of these findings for the promotion and delivery of improved equality and diversity practices within professional football and across other sporting contexts.

5 citations

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TL;DR: Will Racism Disappear in Obamerica?
Abstract: Preface for Third Edition of Racism without Racists Chapter 1: The Strange Enigma of Race in Contemporary America Chapter 2: The Central Frames of Color-Blind Racism Chapter 3: The Style of Color Blindness: How to Talk Nasty about Minorities without Sounding Racist Chapter 4: \"I Didn't Get That Job Because of a Black Man\": Color-Blind Racism's Racial Stories Chapter 5: Peeking Inside the (White) House of Color Blindness: The Significance of Whites' Segregation Chapter 6: Are All Whites Refined Archie Bunkers? An Examination of White Racial Progressives Chapter 7: Are Blacks Color Blind, Too? Chapter 8: E Pluribus Unum or the Same Old Perfume in a New Bottle? On the Future of Racial Stratification in the United States Chapter 9: Will Racism Disappear in Obamerica? The Sweet (but Deadly) Enchantment of Colorblindness in Black Face Conclusion

2,865 citations


"“The ‘blazer boys’ were getting all..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Whiteness is a concept used to describe how social processes and practices privilege some people over others (Mills 1997; Dyer 1997; Garner 2007; Gillborn 2008; Leonardo 2009; Bonilla-Silva 2010)....

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TL;DR: It is recommended that qualitative researchers return to the terminology of social sciences, using rigor, reliability, validity, and generalizability, and make recommendations for the appropriate use of the strategies recommended to achieve rigor.
Abstract: Criteria for determining the trustworthiness of qualitative research were introduced by Guba and Lincoln in the 1980s when they replaced terminology for achieving rigor, reliability, validity, and generalizability with dependability, credibility, and transferability. Strategies for achieving trustworthiness were also introduced. This landmark contribution to qualitative research remains in use today, with only minor modifications in format. Despite the significance of this contribution over the past four decades, the strategies recommended to achieve trustworthiness have not been critically examined. Recommendations for where, why, and how to use these strategies have not been developed, and how well they achieve their intended goal has not been examined. We do not know, for example, what impact these strategies have on the completed research. In this article, I critique these strategies. I recommend that qualitative researchers return to the terminology of social sciences, using rigor, reliability, validity, and generalizability. I then make recommendations for the appropriate use of the strategies recommended to achieve rigor: prolonged engagement, persistent observation, and thick, rich description; inter-rater reliability, negative case analysis; peer review or debriefing; clarifying researcher bias; member checking; external audits; and triangulation.

1,931 citations


"“The ‘blazer boys’ were getting all..." refers methods in this paper

  • ...This also ensured rigour in the data analysis and interpretation stage of the research (Morse 2015)....

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Journal ArticleDOI

1,020 citations


"“The ‘blazer boys’ were getting all..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Many of those who benefit from such processes are White, however most of these privileges are unwittingly received due to institutionalised or seemingly benign ‘everyday’ practices (Mills 1997; Fletcher and Hylton, 2016, 2018)....

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  • ...Whiteness is a concept used to describe how social processes and practices privilege some people over others (Mills 1997; Dyer 1997; Garner 2007; Gillborn 2008; Leonardo 2009; Bonilla-Silva 2010)....

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Book
23 Mar 2009
TL;DR: In this article, critical social theory is used to understand race relations in post-civil rights America, and the Ontology of Whiteness is used as a basis for post-race theory.
Abstract: Series Editor Introduction, Michael W. Apple Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Critical Social Theory: An Introduction 2. Ideology and Race Relations in Post-Civil Rights America 3. Marxism and Race Analysis: Toward a Synthesis 4. Futuring Race: From Race to Post-race Theory 5. The Color of Supremacy 6. The Ontology of Whiteness 7. The Myth of White Ignorance 8. Race and the War on Schools in an Era of Accountability 9. Race, Class, and Imagining the Urban, Zeus Leonardo and Margaret Hunter 10. The Souls of White Folk References

778 citations


"“The ‘blazer boys’ were getting all..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Whiteness is a concept used to describe how social processes and practices privilege some people over others (Mills 1997; Dyer 1997; Garner 2007; Gillborn 2008; Leonardo 2009; Bonilla-Silva 2010)....

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Book
11 Mar 2008
TL;DR: In this article, critical race theory is used to understand race inequality in education, and a new approach to an old problem is proposed to address the material reality of racial injustice in education.
Abstract: Introduction -- Critical race theory: a new approach to an old problem -- Inequality, inequality, inequality: the material reality of racial injustice in education -- Policy: changing language, constant inequality -- Assessment: measuring injustice or creating it? -- The Stephen Lawrence Case: an exception that proves the rule? -- Model minorities: the creation & significance of "ethnic" success stories -- Whiteworld: whiteness and the performance of racial domination -- Conclusion: understanding race inequality in education.

585 citations


"“The ‘blazer boys’ were getting all..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Whiteness is a concept used to describe how social processes and practices privilege some people over others (Mills 1997; Dyer 1997; Garner 2007; Gillborn 2008; Leonardo 2009; Bonilla-Silva 2010)....

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  • ...…as ‘White supremacy’, where systematic and insidious processes of privileging manifest themselves across a plethora of arenas as racial outcomes (Omi and Winant 2002) and include, but are not restricted to, housing, education, health, economics, media, or leisure (including sport) (Gillborn 2008)....

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