“Confronting America: Black commercial aesthetics, athlete activism and the nation reconsidered,”

Students, please click on link below and read Chap 8 (only). Start reading: “Confronting America: Black commercial aesthetics, athlete activism and the nation reconsidered,” Ronald Mower, Jacob Bustad, and David Andrews. (21 p) Sports and the African American Community

https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2WA1DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT144&dq=%E2%80%9CConfronting+America:+Black+commercial+aesthetics,+athlete+activism+and+the+nation+reconsidered (Links to an external site.)

Alternate Article for your Review. Please click on link below

https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2019/09/25/study-athlete-activism-increased-african-american-activism (Links to an external site.)

Please write a full 3 pages or more for your first Critical Analysis Paper.

Required Format: Double-spaced, 12″ font, Times New Roman, 1” margins.

Here are some Guiding Questions for you. Please share your perspective related to the race and sports issues revealed in the reading. You do not have to answer all the questions. Please discuss in your critical analysis paper whether the quarterback’s national anthem protest is unpatriotic and whether America is failing to confront police brutality, profiling and racial inequality.

1) Does the writer present true or false information concerning former (2016) San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick? Is this a society viewpoint of what occurs for African American sports athletes who protest?

2) How would you define the social construction of sports and the impacts to African American athletes?

3) Does the social construction of sports apply to racism? Is it a societal and institutional phenomenon, or a personal, individual mindset? Perhaps both?

4) How can people with privilege affect the sports world in ways athletes without privilege cannot?

5) And, more importantly, how can all people work collectively to address issues of race and privilege in sports?