Brotherhood and Anti-Blackness in College Football
As another college football season begins, an anthropologist explores how Black athletes navigate racism by caring for one another on and off the gridiron.
Tracie Canada
Tracie Canada is a cultural anthropologist with research and teaching interests in race, sport, kinship, and the performing body. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and is currently an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. Her work has been supported by the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, the National Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Canada is currently working on a book project about the lived experiences of Black college football players.
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Tackling Care and Capitalism in College Football
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