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摘要
NHL与种族的关系长期存在问题。北美的体育和种族气候使人们更加关注这一现实。针对包括NHL在内的体育公司内部加剧种族主义的指控,一个值得注意的策略是公开将自己与少数族裔组织联系起来。这通常是通过正式的伙伴关系或收购少数人创立的实体、计划和组织来实现的。本文考虑了NHL工作室的《冰上灵魂:播客》(SOIP)作为被收购的NHL实体,其主持人和撰稿人是如何阐述种族和黑人的突出话语的。NHL的目标是通过SOIP在种族问题上重新定位自己,并在冰球运动中塑造黑人成员的形象。播客为白人冰球文化中的黑人发声提供了一个平台,但也有问题地将NHL卷入了黑人文化和苦难的商品化中。NHL收购《冰上灵魂:播客》(Soul on Ice: The Podcast)是为了净化和保护联盟,同时加强冰球的规范白度。此外,联盟将黑人商品化的后果,以及通过播客分享的NHL黑人球员和社区成员的微妙经历也得到了揭示。
“Soul on Ice”: Black Commodification, Race, and the National Hockey League
The NHL has a long-standing, problematic relationship with race. The North American sporting and racial climate have brought even more attention to this reality. A notable tactic to counter the accusation of reinforcing racism within sports corporations, including the NHL, is publicly associating themselves with minoritized organizations. This often occurs through formal partnerships or the acquisition of minoritized-founded entities, initiatives, and organizations. This paper considers how salient discourses of race and Blackness are articulated by the hosts and contributors of NHL Studio’s Soul on Ice: The Podcast (SOIP) as an acquired NHL entity. The NHL aims to reposition itself on issues of race and the portrayal of Black members within hockey through SOIP. The podcast gives a platform to empower Black voices within White hockey culture but also problematically enmeshes the NHL within the commodification of Black culture and hardship. The acquisition of Soul on Ice: The Podcast by the NHL is used to sanitize and shield the league while reinforcing the normative Whiteness of hockey. Further, the consequences of the leagues’ commodification of Blackness and the nuanced experiences of Black NHL players and community members shared via the podcast are unpacked.
期刊介绍:
Published four times a year (March, June, September, December), the Sociology of Sport Journal (SSJ) publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. Analyses from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives are encouraged to stimulate further research, critical thought, and theory development on topics ranging in broad scope from global professional sport, coaching, commercial exercise/fitness, and recreational physical activity. The journal publishes an array of peer-reviewed research articles, research notes, and book reviews. Members of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) receive SSJ as part of their membership.