The Transmission of Racist Ideology in Sport: Using Photo-Elicitation to Gauge Success in Professional Baseball

This study examines those attributes people perceive to be the best indicators of success in professional baseball. Responses were derived from 811 people using a survey employing a photo-elicitation technique. The findings of the study strongly indicate that more than any other factor, the race or...

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Published inJournal of African American studies (New Brunswick, N.J.) Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 46 - 54
Main Authors González, Lettie, Jackson, E. Newton, Regoli, Robert M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Transaction Periodicals Consortium 01.12.2006
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
African Americans
Baseball
Baseball statistics
Beliefs
Black athletes
Ethnic Groups
Ethnicity
Geographic Location
Hispanics
Ideology
Individual Characteristics
Oppression
Pattern perception
Photography
Physical Characteristics
Professional baseball
Professional sports
Race
Racism
Success
Team Sports
White people
Whites
New York
United States > US
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Summary:This study examines those attributes people perceive to be the best indicators of success in professional baseball. Responses were derived from 811 people using a survey employing a photo-elicitation technique. The findings of the study strongly indicate that more than any other factor, the race or ethnicity of professional baseball players influences people's perceptions of what attributes contribute most to their success. The implications of the findings are discussed with a focus on how they affect social relations and suggestions are offered regarding what might be done to ameliorate the existing disparity in respondent perceptions of factors matter most for black, white, and Latino athletes.
ISSN:1559-1646
1936-4741
DOI:10.1007/s12111-006-1008-1