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In response to a political comment from NBA superstar LeBron James, a Fox News commentator suggested he 'shut up and dribble.' James and many others considered the comment racist. Defenders suggested the comment was driven by political ideology rather than race. Interestingly, both perspectives could find support in existing research, as some studies depict race as a central factor in responses to political athletes, while other studies dismiss the role of race and find that political ideology and nationalistic sentiments drive how people see activist athletes. Using responses to a large national survey asking whether respondents find athlete political activism 'acceptable,' here I find strong evidence that both ideology and race shape attitudes on the subject. The picture that emerges reveals that party and ideology matter, but even after controlling for them, the race and racial views of the respondent help shape their perspective on political athletes. Establishing the importance of race and racial views here helps illuminate why the intersection of sports and politics generates such fierce responses including unvarnished vitriol from some political figures., Author(s): David Niven [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.24827.3b, 0000 0001 2179 9593, Department of Political Science, University of Cincinnati, , PO Box 210375, 45221, Cincinnati, OH, USA Do racial views [...]

In his recent book, Lawns Order, David Friedman, a professor of law at Santa Clara University, reviews a long list of legal matters ranging across fields as diverse as pollution [...]

University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia International Journal of Comparative Sociology Vol.28 (1987) pp. 129-157 In order to re-examine the relationship between ideology and political domination, three aspects of ideology are [...]