How can athletics be used to examine the hotly contested issues of race, class, gender and sexuality?
Mr. E.: In my opinion, sports provides a familiar and valuable lens for better understanding historical and contemporary constructions of and discourses around race, class, gender, and sexuality. Within the context of the world of sports, we can interrogate these categories from a variety of perspectives, especially focused on the performing and passing, resisting and regulating, contexts. Do you think athletics is a preferred framework to discuss these politically charged issues? How can we better address these issues in the classroom and at an academic level? Mr. E.: Well, I think it enables people to access challenging and sometimes controversial theoretical issues around identity politics in a more accessible and safe context. I think it also provides a great opportunity to create more seamless connections between the curricular and co-curricular experiences of students. It empowers them to think about how the intellectual knowledge they engage with in the classroom is connected to
