This essay offers one response to recent calls for leisure studies scholars to more effectively
integrate race into their analyses. Drawing from interdisciplinary scholarship within ethnic …

This special issue of the Journal of Leisure Research focuses on critical race theory and
social justice perspectives on whiteness, difference (s) and (anti) racism in leisure studies …

This paper is a response to the keynote address by Mary McDonald delivered at the 2008
NRPA Butler Lecture. Her paper on “Dialogues on Whiteness, Leisure, and (Anti) Racism” …

Whiteness is a fundamental aspect of American society and because of this leisure research
is as troubled as our own racialized identities. Whiteness becomes a problematic dimension …

During the last decade, work on the leisure of ethnic and racial minorities has attracted
renewed interest and has gained a certain degree of recognition as a legitimate area of …

A 12-year-old boy is shot in a public park on the grounds of being a threat, yet despite the
locational relevance there was a silence within leisure research. With this in mind, the aim of …

Race still matters in the United States of America. Yet, too many people would like to believe
that race no longer separates this nation in any meaningful way. Hence, the real public" …

The pernicious existence of race serves as the underlying force in modern societies. As
such, the aim of this discussion is to postulate that leisure is a tool of racecraft: 1) the …

Abstract Representation of, and service to,“underrepresented” and “disadvantaged” groups
often denote goals sought by leisure researchers and practitioners. The motivations behind …

This chapter investigates the relationship between 'race', whiteness and sport. It provides an
overview of the concept of whiteness and how it has been applied to sport. The chapter …