Monthly Archives: December 2017
Taking His Talents to South Beach: LeBron James’ 2010 Free Agency Decision, the Possessive Investment in Black Bodies and the Resistance to the Agency of Black Athletes
Posted on December 10, 2017 Leave a Comment
Author’s Note: This essay was 2015 before Colin Kaepernick and before the election of Donald Trump. 1. The Decision Ben Carrington poses the question “can the black athlete speak,” and writes “Black athletes have re-made sports, but not under conditions and rules of their own choosing” (2010, 177). Black American athletes in America have certainly […]
