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Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Sport

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Gender Relations in Sport

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The purpose of this chapter is to describe the relationship between gender, race, and ethnicity in sport. Gender has been a topic of conversation in sport for many decades, with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) anchoring many of those conversations (Acosta & Carpenter, 2012).

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  1. Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, United States

    Akilah R. Carter-Francique PhD

  2. Department of Health, Physical Education and Sports Studies, University of West Georgia, United States

    Courtney L. Flowers PhD

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Carter-Francique, A.R., Flowers, C.L. (2013). Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Sport. In: Roper, E.A. (eds) Gender Relations in Sport. Teaching Gender. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-455-0_5

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