Jun 30 2010

Info Jocks: Do they know that they are racist?

How many of these players are black or brown?

Please note that I added the caption to this infographic because it does beg the question: “How many of these players are black or brown?”  I imagine that most of them are.  As such, instead of being a “joke,” this infographic takes on added significance.  It speaks to the fact that even famous black and brown athletes cannot escape the “racialized surveillance” that people of color are subjected to in the U.S.  Hat tip to my friend Erica Meiners for advancing this concept of “racialized surveillance” in her book “Right to Be Hostile.”