Man-Not Like Us
The Cultural Castration of Black Athletic Resistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19220486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Dt Macaulay (0000-0003-1672-6108, University of Guelph), Aquasia Shaw (Coppin State University), Ajhanai C I Keaton (0000-0001-5019-9976, University of Massachusetts Amherst), Jonathan E Howe (0000-0001-9412-0852, Temple University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-11 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Sport Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0741-1235 • E-ISSN: 1543-2785 |
| Publisher | Human Kinetics (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1123/ssj.2025-0125 |
| OpenAlex | W7160047726 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 38 |
Using Curry’s Man-Not genre , we analyze a promotional video of a college athlete being recruited shared via social media. We argue that the video reflexively captures the modern white supremacist state and cultural apparatus in operation. The video depicts excesses of luxury and desire shilled onto Black male athletes, as they enter an athletic center. Through a multimodal critical discourse analysis, we draw on our knowledge of the historical and contemporary context to situate the video’s content as a scene of political power and control. We argue that the scene is a profound public display of social coercion, overtly reasserting white supremacist dominance. It depicts the intentional separation of Black culture from the people producing it. It is a display of subjugation. It is racial castration
Context (archaeology) · Politics · Power (physics) · Race (biology) · Resistance (ecology) · Social environment · State (computer science) · White (mutation) · Critical Race Theory in Education · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |