Javier Wallace is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Program of Education at Duke University.
Description
Introduction 1 1. Centrobasket and English: The Importance of English in US Basketball Recruitment 23 2. Chombo: Language, Race, and Black (In)visibility in Panama 47 3. Los Becados: The Dangers of Racialized Colonial Discourse 71 4. Unregulated Relationships: The Use and Abuse of the F-1 Student Visa in US High School Basketball 91 5. Ineligible: New Rules, New Relationships 117 6. Illegal Hoop Dreams: The I/legibility of the I/legality of Being a Noncitizen Black Male Basketball Trafficking Victim 133 Conclusion 161 Appendix: Implications and Recommendations 169 References 175 Index
"Basketball Trafficking provides an intimate look at the complex relationship between basketball players, coaches, parents, and mentors in the highs and lows of creating pipelines of opportunities for young Black men in Panama seeking to pursue their hoop dreams in the United States. It also powerfully sounds the alarm on the need to protect young international student athletes who due to anti-Black citizenship and immigration policies are too often viewed as disposable players rather than young people vulnerable to victimization and abuse." - Kaysha Corinealdi, author of Panama in Black: Afro-Caribbean World Making in the Twentieth Century