Sport’s racial dynamics can either reproduce or transform broader racial formations

Evidence

So, then, the essence of what it means to think about sport as a contested racial terrain is threefold. First, the relationships between sport and race are more complicated and indeed often contradictory than either popular audiences or sport specialists realize. Second, they are constituted within the structure of a culture that is thoroughly racialized. And third, because of sport’s prominence in American culture and sport’s own unique racial characteristics, these relationships have meaning and consequence far beyond the usual boundaries of the sporting world itself, meanings and consequences which can reproduce or - especially if invested with political intent - transform racial formations broadly conceived. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2789

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the ‘contested racial terrain’ concept as a three-part framework for analyzing sport and race.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2789