Boxing is a Window on US Race and Class Pathologies | Black Agenda Report

Boxing is a Window on US Race and Class Pathologies

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford

15 Dec 2020

🖨️ Print Article

Margaret Kimberley · Boxing is a Window on US Race and Class Pathologies

Black excellence in boxing can be traced to the “battle royals” that pitted slaves against each other for the entertainment of white masters, said University of Houston professor Gerald Horne, whose new book is titled “The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering and the Political Economy of Boxing.” The book “uses boxing as a vehicle to talk about the larger story of exploitation, racism, white supremacy and organized crime,” said Horne, one of the Black liberation movement’s most prolific writers.

white supremacy

More Stories

Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Pacifica Stands with Wikileaks and Julian Assange
10 Oct 2018
The nation’s left-wing radio flagship is no longer an unwavering foe of imperialism and war, but Pacifica last week did the right thing for the Wikileaks founder.
Malaika Jabali
The Color of Economic Anxiety
10 Oct 2018
Is the collapse of Democratic fortunes due to economic anxiety? Just ask Black Milwaukeeans.
Prasanth R.
Pan-Africanism Conference Charts Course Towards a Socialist Continent
10 Oct 2018
Hundreds of delegates met in Ghana to discuss five major themes in the Africa-wide struggle against capitalism and imperialism.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Ira Dworkin’s “Congo Love Song”
10 Oct 2018
Ida B Wells, Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer and others understood the connections between colonialism in Africa and US racial policies.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Johnny Van Hove’s “Congoism”
10 Oct 2018
The lies that are told about the history and people of Congo are then used to defame Black people everywhere, including the US.