Kevin Hylton
Biographic Data
| ID | 113589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Hylton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Hylton |
| SIGNATURE | HYLTON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leeds Beckett University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1537-9853 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 332 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 13 |
The Prosumption Networks of Twitter Users Following the Premier League’s Support for #BlackLivesMatter and the #WhiteLivesMatter Response
Though still of concern, racist abuse within the UK’s football (soccer) stadiums has declined. However, with the increasing significance of digital leisure in people’s lives, there is now a large amount of abuse related to football that is expressed through social media. Digital communities provide both the means of consuming leisure (watching football) and ‘talking’ about it with whoever will ‘listen’. Here we examine the social architecture of …
Dear Prime Minister, Mr Musk and Mr Zuckerberg
This paper draws on original research from a larger study of racism and Islamophobia online around football, particularly a set of interviews with staff at English football clubs whose responsibility is to manage social media. We use that information alongside our reflections on 'platformed racism' to appraise how expressions of racism on social media differ from those in and around the grounds, and how clubs and others in football contest them. …
Investigating online football forums
This article used a critical sampling approach to investigate a series of football forums which respond to and discuss racism and Islamophobia. A thematic analysis of 1,064 forum posts identified 19 themes which led to the construction of five overarching themes which are: i) racism has decreased; ii) denying and downplaying racism and Islamophobia; iii) racism has increased; iv) victims and perpetrators; and, v) the action that should be taken. …
Currency exchange
This paper examines the involvement of members of South Asian communities in cricket (in Bradford and Leeds, UK). The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) identified that despite the high level of interest in cricket within these communities, relatively few were participating in opportunities provided through ECB structures; instead, they were engaged in various forms of ‘informal’ cricket. Using data from a small-scale survey and group intervie…
Critical Race Theory, Methodology, and Semiotics
Over the last 30 years, Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been applied successfully as an analytical framework, through which, to explore matters of 'race,' racialization, and subordination in numerous fields. For CRT to continue to be relevant, there is a need to reorient it as a guiding analytical framework, to account for the ubiquity of digital technologies across liberal Western democracies and the ways in which they have radically changed soci…
Sport, race and ethnicity in the wake of black lives matter
2021). Sport, race and ethnicity in the wake of black lives matter: introduction to the special issue. European Journal for Sport and Society: Vol. 18, Special Issue on Sport, Race and Ethnicity at a time of multiple global crises. Guest Editors: Adam B. Evans, Sine Agergaard, Paul Ian Campbell, Kevin Hylton & Verena Lenneis, pp. 187-191
Black Lives Matter
Debates around race, ethnicity, and indigeneity, whether related to sport or society in general, are far from new. Yet in recent times, such debates have gained new urgency due to the Black Lives M
Black Lives Matter in sport
Purpose In this invited professional insight paper the author draws parallels between recent debates on racism, Black Lives Matter and related research in sport and cognate domains. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on Critical Race Theory (CRT) the paper contends that 1) sport is a contested site, 2) sport is a microcosm of society 3) “race” and everyday racism are central to our understanding of sport. It overlays this critique with a recogni…
Critical race theory and black feminist insights into "race" and gender equality
This paper applies the concept "blind spots" to describe partial approaches to "race" and gender equality agendas in sport organizations in the UK, drawing on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with Equality and Coach Development Leaders. Using the specific context of sport coaching, our qualitative approach is underpinned by critical race theory and the work of black feminism and intersectionality scholarship. Three key themes are identified: …
Negotiating the coaching landscape
The current article provides a critical examination of the racialised and gendered processes that reinforce disparities in sport coaching by exploring the experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom. The findings are based on in-depth qualitative interviews with coaches from two national governing bodies of sport. Using a Critical Race Theory approach and Black feminist lens, the coaches' narratives illuminate the complex, mu…
I'm not joking! The strategic use of humour in stories of racism
This study examines the use of humour by Black football coaches in England as a rhetorical device against racism. The paper draws on humour studies and critical race theory to illustrate signs of humour as defence. Research on humour has popularly explored the ambiguities and qualities of humour and, in particular, joke telling through its use as a foil to stem racial ills is less well understood. Where previous work has focused on explicit joke …
Off-Colour Landscape
The article examines how UK sport organizations have framed race equality and diversity, in sport coaching. Semistructured interviews were used to gain insight into organizational perspectives toward ‘race’, ethnicity, racial equality, and whiteness. Using Critical Race Theory and Black feminism, color-blind practices were found to reinforce a denial that ‘race’ is a salient factor underpinning inequalities in coaching. The dominant practices emp…
For your ears only!' Donald Sterling and backstage racism in sport
The purpose of this paper is to elucidate how racism manifests 'behind closed doors' in the backstage private domain. We do this with reference to recent high-profile controversies in the US and UK. In particular, we use the concepts of frontstage (public) and backstage (private) racism to unpack the extraordinary case in point of the ex-National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise owner Donald Sterling. The paper concludes that though it is i…
Leisure opportunities and new migrant communities
This paper offers a critique of the much-vaunted claims of sports ability to integrate new migrants by generating social capital. By examining a growing literature base alongside new empirical evidence, we explore whether the experiences of new migrants actually reflect the hypothetical claims made by some policy-makers and scholars about the role of sport in tackling exclusion, promoting inclusion and constructing interculturalism. We demonstrat…
Reading Ronaldo
Ever since his introduction to the first team at Manchester United FC, Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aveiro has been recognized as one of the footballing world’s most stand out football players. In turn, Ronaldo has drawn the attention of scholars working across a number of disciplines. While sports economists and sociologists of sport, amongst others, have contributed to a growing literature about Ronaldo and the social implications of his on and…
Whiteness, Blackness and Settlement
At times of economic uncertainty the position of new migrants is subject to ever closer scrutiny. While the main focus of attention tends to be on the world of employment the research on which this paper is based started from the proposition that leisure and sport spaces can support processes of social inclusion yet may also serve to exclude certain groups. As such, these spaces may be seen as contested and racialised places that shape behaviour.…
Critical Race Consciousness
CRITICAL RACE CONSCIOUSNESS: RECONSIDERING AMERICAN IDEOLOGIES OF RACIAL JUSTICE." Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36(6), pp. 1114–1115
Talk the talk, walk the walk
Over the last decade there has been a noticeable growth in published works citing Critical Race Theory (CRT). This has led to a growth in interest in the UK of practical research projects utilising CRT as their framework. It is clear that research on 'race' is an emerging topic of study. What is less visible is a debate on how CRT is positioned in relation to methodic practice, substantive theory and epistemological underpinnings. The efficacy of…
Race' and Sport
Our capabilities in sport are often described in physical or psychological terms, 'natural' di erences. ! ese 'gifts' are often identified as the di erence between those who are likely to succeed in a given sport and those who are not. ! is discourse of superiority and inferiority in sport is not dissimilar to other debates in wider society which revolve around genetics and intelligence, and ultimately underpin imperialist ideologies (Goldberg 19…
How a turn to critical race theory can contribute to our understanding of 'race', racism and anti-racism in sport
As long as racism has been associated with sport there have been consistent, if not coordinated or coherent, struggles to confront its various forms. Critical race theory (CRT) is a framework established to challenge these racialized inequalities and racism in society and has some utility for anti-racism in sport. CRT's focus on social justice and transformation are two areas of convergence between critical race theorists and anti-racists. Of the…
Sports Development
Sports development is an important emerging field of academic study with a distinctive contribution to make to wider social, cultural, economic and educational policies and practices. Sports Development: Policy, Process and Practice offers a detailed, authoritative and dependable guide to all aspects of the subject. Now in its second edition, this popular course text examines the roles of those working in and around sports development and explore…
Sports Development
Developing ‘Sport for All?’ Addressing inequality in sport
The original ‘Sport for All?’ campaign was a creation of the early 1970s and has long since been succeeded by a multitude of subsequent campaigns and causes. But the ideals of ‘Sport for All?’ still have resonance today as a clarion call for all those involved in sports development. Despite this apparent consensus, the reality of ‘Sport for All?’ has never fully been achieved, and the successes remain incomplete and partial. Gains have been made,…
Managing and Monitoring Equality and Diversity in UK Sport
Despite greater attention to racial equality in sport in recent years, the progress of national sports organizations toward creating equality of outcomes has been limited in the United Kingdom. The collaboration of the national sports agencies, equity organizations and national sports organizations (including national governing bodies of sport) has focused on Equality Standards. The authors revisit an earlier impact study of the Racial Equality S…
Race’, sport and leisure
This paper presents and explores critical race theory (CRT) as an ontological starting point for the study of sport and leisure. CRT is based on five precepts outlined by Solorzano and Yosso that centre ‘race’ and racism, social justice, plurivocality, transdisciplinarity and challenge orthodoxies. There have been a number of recent criticisms and debates amongst leisure and sports studies writers that challenge their general focus of study as na…
How a turn to critical race theory can contribute to our understanding of 'race', racism and anti-racism in sport
As long as racism has been associated with sport there have been consistent, if not coordinated or coherent, struggles to confront its various forms. Critical race theory (CRT) is a framework established to challenge these racialized inequalities and racism in society and has some utility for anti-racism in sport. CRT's focus on social justice and transformation are two areas of convergence between critical race theorists and anti-racists. Of the…
Shades of white
Apart from millennium concerns about what it means to be English, ‘whiteness ’ has largely escaped examination, particularly in the leisure literature. Where ‘black’ people have been seen as the signicant other in British sport, ‘whiteness ’ could be seen as the ‘silent ’ other. This paper begins to redress this by drawing on the experience of a suite of studies conducted by the Centre for Leisure and Sport Research into racism in sport. During t…
Talk the talk, walk the walk
Over the last decade there has been a noticeable growth in published works citing Critical Race Theory (CRT). This has led to a growth in interest in the UK of practical research projects utilising CRT as their framework. It is clear that research on 'race' is an emerging topic of study. What is less visible is a debate on how CRT is positioned in relation to methodic practice, substantive theory and epistemological underpinnings. The efficacy of…
Whiteness, Blackness and Settlement
At times of economic uncertainty the position of new migrants is subject to ever closer scrutiny. While the main focus of attention tends to be on the world of employment the research on which this paper is based started from the proposition that leisure and sport spaces can support processes of social inclusion yet may also serve to exclude certain groups. As such, these spaces may be seen as contested and racialised places that shape behaviour.…
Leisure opportunities and new migrant communities
This paper offers a critique of the much-vaunted claims of sports ability to integrate new migrants by generating social capital. By examining a growing literature base alongside new empirical evidence, we explore whether the experiences of new migrants actually reflect the hypothetical claims made by some policy-makers and scholars about the role of sport in tackling exclusion, promoting inclusion and constructing interculturalism. We demonstrat…
Race’, sport and leisure
This paper presents and explores critical race theory (CRT) as an ontological starting point for the study of sport and leisure. CRT is based on five precepts outlined by Solorzano and Yosso that centre ‘race’ and racism, social justice, plurivocality, transdisciplinarity and challenge orthodoxies. There have been a number of recent criticisms and debates amongst leisure and sports studies writers that challenge their general focus of study as na…
Managing and Monitoring Equality and Diversity in UK Sport
Despite greater attention to racial equality in sport in recent years, the progress of national sports organizations toward creating equality of outcomes has been limited in the United Kingdom. The collaboration of the national sports agencies, equity organizations and national sports organizations (including national governing bodies of sport) has focused on Equality Standards. The authors revisit an earlier impact study of the Racial Equality S…
I'm not joking! The strategic use of humour in stories of racism
This study examines the use of humour by Black football coaches in England as a rhetorical device against racism. The paper draws on humour studies and critical race theory to illustrate signs of humour as defence. Research on humour has popularly explored the ambiguities and qualities of humour and, in particular, joke telling through its use as a foil to stem racial ills is less well understood. Where previous work has focused on explicit joke …
For your ears only!' Donald Sterling and backstage racism in sport
The purpose of this paper is to elucidate how racism manifests 'behind closed doors' in the backstage private domain. We do this with reference to recent high-profile controversies in the US and UK. In particular, we use the concepts of frontstage (public) and backstage (private) racism to unpack the extraordinary case in point of the ex-National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise owner Donald Sterling. The paper concludes that though it is i…
Reading Ronaldo
Ever since his introduction to the first team at Manchester United FC, Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aveiro has been recognized as one of the footballing world’s most stand out football players. In turn, Ronaldo has drawn the attention of scholars working across a number of disciplines. While sports economists and sociologists of sport, amongst others, have contributed to a growing literature about Ronaldo and the social implications of his on and…
Black Lives Matter
Debates around race, ethnicity, and indigeneity, whether related to sport or society in general, are far from new. Yet in recent times, such debates have gained new urgency due to the Black Lives M
Off-Colour Landscape
The article examines how UK sport organizations have framed race equality and diversity, in sport coaching. Semistructured interviews were used to gain insight into organizational perspectives toward ‘race’, ethnicity, racial equality, and whiteness. Using Critical Race Theory and Black feminism, color-blind practices were found to reinforce a denial that ‘race’ is a salient factor underpinning inequalities in coaching. The dominant practices emp…
Critical Race Theory, Methodology, and Semiotics
Over the last 30 years, Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been applied successfully as an analytical framework, through which, to explore matters of 'race,' racialization, and subordination in numerous fields. For CRT to continue to be relevant, there is a need to reorient it as a guiding analytical framework, to account for the ubiquity of digital technologies across liberal Western democracies and the ways in which they have radically changed soci…
Critical race theory and black feminist insights into "race" and gender equality
This paper applies the concept "blind spots" to describe partial approaches to "race" and gender equality agendas in sport organizations in the UK, drawing on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with Equality and Coach Development Leaders. Using the specific context of sport coaching, our qualitative approach is underpinned by critical race theory and the work of black feminism and intersectionality scholarship. Three key themes are identified: …
Negotiating the coaching landscape
The current article provides a critical examination of the racialised and gendered processes that reinforce disparities in sport coaching by exploring the experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom. The findings are based on in-depth qualitative interviews with coaches from two national governing bodies of sport. Using a Critical Race Theory approach and Black feminist lens, the coaches' narratives illuminate the complex, mu…
Investigating online football forums
This article used a critical sampling approach to investigate a series of football forums which respond to and discuss racism and Islamophobia. A thematic analysis of 1,064 forum posts identified 19 themes which led to the construction of five overarching themes which are: i) racism has decreased; ii) denying and downplaying racism and Islamophobia; iii) racism has increased; iv) victims and perpetrators; and, v) the action that should be taken. …
Sport, race and ethnicity in the wake of black lives matter
2021). Sport, race and ethnicity in the wake of black lives matter: introduction to the special issue. European Journal for Sport and Society: Vol. 18, Special Issue on Sport, Race and Ethnicity at a time of multiple global crises. Guest Editors: Adam B. Evans, Sine Agergaard, Paul Ian Campbell, Kevin Hylton & Verena Lenneis, pp. 187-191
Black Lives Matter in sport
Purpose In this invited professional insight paper the author draws parallels between recent debates on racism, Black Lives Matter and related research in sport and cognate domains. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on Critical Race Theory (CRT) the paper contends that 1) sport is a contested site, 2) sport is a microcosm of society 3) “race” and everyday racism are central to our understanding of sport. It overlays this critique with a recogni…
Playing with Anger
Shades of white
Apart from millennium concerns about what it means to be English, ‘whiteness ’ has largely escaped examination, particularly in the leisure literature. Where ‘black’ people have been seen as the signicant other in British sport, ‘whiteness ’ could be seen as the ‘silent ’ other. This paper begins to redress this by drawing on the experience of a suite of studies conducted by the Centre for Leisure and Sport Research into racism in sport. During t…
Race’, sport and leisure
This paper presents and explores critical race theory (CRT) as an ontological starting point for the study of sport and leisure. CRT is based on five precepts outlined by Solorzano and Yosso that centre ‘race’ and racism, social justice, plurivocality, transdisciplinarity and challenge orthodoxies. There have been a number of recent criticisms and debates amongst leisure and sports studies writers that challenge their general focus of study as na…
Playing with Anger
Sports Development
Developing ‘Sport for All?’ Addressing inequality in sport
The original ‘Sport for All?’ campaign was a creation of the early 1970s and has long since been succeeded by a multitude of subsequent campaigns and causes. But the ideals of ‘Sport for All?’ still have resonance today as a clarion call for all those involved in sports development. Despite this apparent consensus, the reality of ‘Sport for All?’ has never fully been achieved, and the successes remain incomplete and partial. Gains have been made,…
Managing and Monitoring Equality and Diversity in UK Sport
Despite greater attention to racial equality in sport in recent years, the progress of national sports organizations toward creating equality of outcomes has been limited in the United Kingdom. The collaboration of the national sports agencies, equity organizations and national sports organizations (including national governing bodies of sport) has focused on Equality Standards. The authors revisit an earlier impact study of the Racial Equality S…
Sports Development
Sports development is an important emerging field of academic study with a distinctive contribution to make to wider social, cultural, economic and educational policies and practices. Sports Development: Policy, Process and Practice offers a detailed, authoritative and dependable guide to all aspects of the subject. Now in its second edition, this popular course text examines the roles of those working in and around sports development and explore…
Race' and Sport
Our capabilities in sport are often described in physical or psychological terms, 'natural' di erences. ! ese 'gifts' are often identified as the di erence between those who are likely to succeed in a given sport and those who are not. ! is discourse of superiority and inferiority in sport is not dissimilar to other debates in wider society which revolve around genetics and intelligence, and ultimately underpin imperialist ideologies (Goldberg 19…
How a turn to critical race theory can contribute to our understanding of 'race', racism and anti-racism in sport
As long as racism has been associated with sport there have been consistent, if not coordinated or coherent, struggles to confront its various forms. Critical race theory (CRT) is a framework established to challenge these racialized inequalities and racism in society and has some utility for anti-racism in sport. CRT's focus on social justice and transformation are two areas of convergence between critical race theorists and anti-racists. Of the…
Talk the talk, walk the walk
Over the last decade there has been a noticeable growth in published works citing Critical Race Theory (CRT). This has led to a growth in interest in the UK of practical research projects utilising CRT as their framework. It is clear that research on 'race' is an emerging topic of study. What is less visible is a debate on how CRT is positioned in relation to methodic practice, substantive theory and epistemological underpinnings. The efficacy of…
Critical Race Consciousness
CRITICAL RACE CONSCIOUSNESS: RECONSIDERING AMERICAN IDEOLOGIES OF RACIAL JUSTICE." Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36(6), pp. 1114–1115
Reading Ronaldo
Ever since his introduction to the first team at Manchester United FC, Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aveiro has been recognized as one of the footballing world’s most stand out football players. In turn, Ronaldo has drawn the attention of scholars working across a number of disciplines. While sports economists and sociologists of sport, amongst others, have contributed to a growing literature about Ronaldo and the social implications of his on and…
Whiteness, Blackness and Settlement
At times of economic uncertainty the position of new migrants is subject to ever closer scrutiny. While the main focus of attention tends to be on the world of employment the research on which this paper is based started from the proposition that leisure and sport spaces can support processes of social inclusion yet may also serve to exclude certain groups. As such, these spaces may be seen as contested and racialised places that shape behaviour.…
Leisure opportunities and new migrant communities
This paper offers a critique of the much-vaunted claims of sports ability to integrate new migrants by generating social capital. By examining a growing literature base alongside new empirical evidence, we explore whether the experiences of new migrants actually reflect the hypothetical claims made by some policy-makers and scholars about the role of sport in tackling exclusion, promoting inclusion and constructing interculturalism. We demonstrat…
Off-Colour Landscape
The article examines how UK sport organizations have framed race equality and diversity, in sport coaching. Semistructured interviews were used to gain insight into organizational perspectives toward ‘race’, ethnicity, racial equality, and whiteness. Using Critical Race Theory and Black feminism, color-blind practices were found to reinforce a denial that ‘race’ is a salient factor underpinning inequalities in coaching. The dominant practices emp…
For your ears only!' Donald Sterling and backstage racism in sport
The purpose of this paper is to elucidate how racism manifests 'behind closed doors' in the backstage private domain. We do this with reference to recent high-profile controversies in the US and UK. In particular, we use the concepts of frontstage (public) and backstage (private) racism to unpack the extraordinary case in point of the ex-National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise owner Donald Sterling. The paper concludes that though it is i…
I'm not joking! The strategic use of humour in stories of racism
This study examines the use of humour by Black football coaches in England as a rhetorical device against racism. The paper draws on humour studies and critical race theory to illustrate signs of humour as defence. Research on humour has popularly explored the ambiguities and qualities of humour and, in particular, joke telling through its use as a foil to stem racial ills is less well understood. Where previous work has focused on explicit joke …
Negotiating the coaching landscape
The current article provides a critical examination of the racialised and gendered processes that reinforce disparities in sport coaching by exploring the experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom. The findings are based on in-depth qualitative interviews with coaches from two national governing bodies of sport. Using a Critical Race Theory approach and Black feminist lens, the coaches' narratives illuminate the complex, mu…
Black Lives Matter
Debates around race, ethnicity, and indigeneity, whether related to sport or society in general, are far from new. Yet in recent times, such debates have gained new urgency due to the Black Lives M
Black Lives Matter in sport
Purpose In this invited professional insight paper the author draws parallels between recent debates on racism, Black Lives Matter and related research in sport and cognate domains. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on Critical Race Theory (CRT) the paper contends that 1) sport is a contested site, 2) sport is a microcosm of society 3) “race” and everyday racism are central to our understanding of sport. It overlays this critique with a recogni…
Critical race theory and black feminist insights into "race" and gender equality
This paper applies the concept "blind spots" to describe partial approaches to "race" and gender equality agendas in sport organizations in the UK, drawing on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with Equality and Coach Development Leaders. Using the specific context of sport coaching, our qualitative approach is underpinned by critical race theory and the work of black feminism and intersectionality scholarship. Three key themes are identified: …
Sport, race and ethnicity in the wake of black lives matter
2021). Sport, race and ethnicity in the wake of black lives matter: introduction to the special issue. European Journal for Sport and Society: Vol. 18, Special Issue on Sport, Race and Ethnicity at a time of multiple global crises. Guest Editors: Adam B. Evans, Sine Agergaard, Paul Ian Campbell, Kevin Hylton & Verena Lenneis, pp. 187-191
Investigating online football forums
This article used a critical sampling approach to investigate a series of football forums which respond to and discuss racism and Islamophobia. A thematic analysis of 1,064 forum posts identified 19 themes which led to the construction of five overarching themes which are: i) racism has decreased; ii) denying and downplaying racism and Islamophobia; iii) racism has increased; iv) victims and perpetrators; and, v) the action that should be taken. …
Currency exchange
This paper examines the involvement of members of South Asian communities in cricket (in Bradford and Leeds, UK). The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) identified that despite the high level of interest in cricket within these communities, relatively few were participating in opportunities provided through ECB structures; instead, they were engaged in various forms of ‘informal’ cricket. Using data from a small-scale survey and group intervie…
Critical Race Theory, Methodology, and Semiotics
Over the last 30 years, Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been applied successfully as an analytical framework, through which, to explore matters of 'race,' racialization, and subordination in numerous fields. For CRT to continue to be relevant, there is a need to reorient it as a guiding analytical framework, to account for the ubiquity of digital technologies across liberal Western democracies and the ways in which they have radically changed soci…
Sociology (23 works) · Gender Studies (19 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (19 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (18 works) · Gender Studies (16 works) · Political science (15 works) · Law (11 works) · Physical Education and Pedagogy (11 works) · Racism (11 works) · Law (10 works)