EPISODE · May 10, 2013 · 42 MIN
David Leonard on Jason Collins
from Office Hours · host Kyle Green
This week we are joined by David J. Leonard, professor of Critical Culture, Gender, & Race Studies at Washington State University and author of After Artest: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness. We discuss the significance of Jason Collins’s article in Sports Illustrated announcing that he is gay, the media’s reaction to him coming […]
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This week we are joined by David J. Leonard [1], professor of Critical Culture, Gender, & Race Studies at Washington State University and author of After Artest: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness [2]. We discuss the significance of Jason Collins's article in Sports Illustrated [3] announcing that he is gay, the media's reaction to him coming out, and sport as a site key site for the performance of gender and sexuality. Download Office Hours #70 [4] [1] http://libarts.wsu.edu/ccgrs/faculty/leonard.asp [2] http://www.sunypress.edu/p-5321-after-artest.aspx [3] http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/ [4] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH70_Leonard.mp3
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