Mixed Race Studies

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  • Arthur Wharton: The first Black Footballer

    Arthur Wharton: The first Black Footballer BBC Tyne Culture October 2003 BBC Over 100 years before Dyer, Jenas and Ameobi, the North East had the UK’s first professional black League player. Meet the legendary Arthur Wharton. Arthur Wharton was born on 28 October 1865 in Accra, formerly the Gold Coast, now capital of Ghana, West…

  • Mixing Up the Game: Social and Historical Contours of Black Mixed Heritage Players in British Football

    Mixing Up the Game: Social and Historical Contours of Black Mixed Heritage Players in British Football Mark Christian, Professor & Chair of African & African American Studies Lehman College, City University of New York pages 131-144 in the volume Race, Ethnicity and Football: Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues Routledge 2011-03-29 288 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-88205-7…

  • To tackle racism, we must tackle ignorance

    To tackle racism, we must tackle ignorance The Times of London 2012-02-14 John Barnes It’s not about football, it’s about destroying modern myths of colour, race and superiority   In 1987 a black friend of mine went into a shop to buy a coat. He asked the assistant if they had it in black and…

  • Race, Ethnicity and Football: Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues

    Race, Ethnicity and Football: Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues Routledge 2011-03-29 288 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-88205-7 Edited by: Daniel Burdsey, Senior Lecturer of Sociology Chelsea School of Sport University of Brighton As the first edited collection dedicated specifically to race, ethnicity and British football, this book brings together a range of academics, comprising both established…