The small number of black executives in sports leagues like the NBA and NFL has lead many to describe pro sports as plantation economies, with black athletes making up the majority of the labour force while lacking ownership and executive control. So does the rise in success of Raptors president Masai Ujiri and Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan mark the end of "slavery" in the NBA? Credits:
Masai Ujiri in 2014 2014-08-20 01-08, CC BY-SA 3.0 -
"Toronto Raptors" by Michael Tipton ( Flickr is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 -
"Earvin "Magic" Johnson on '07" by Rafael Amado Deras ( Flickr is licensed under CC BY 2.0 -
"Black Americana Antique Postcard COTTON PICKING THEME 1906 WACO TEXAS Children Women and Men WORKING THE FIELDS Horse and Wagon Days Publisher UNK 3-1" by Don...The UpNorth Memories Guy... Harrison ( Flickr is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 - (
"The Emancipation Proclamation Library of Congress Collection: Public Domain." by Allen Gathman ( Flickr is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 -
"26.but_selling_children_from_their_mothers_and_husbands_from_their_wives_is_worse_London_News_Sept_1856" by Jim Surkamp ( Flickr is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 -
"The McNairs" by Karen ( Flickr is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0-
"Biddle University basketball team, 1917" by Inez Moore Parker Archives Johnson C. Smith ( Flickr is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 -
"Iowa basketball team, The University of Iowa, February 12, 1940" by Iowa Digital Library ( Flickr is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 -
2018 Racial and Gender Report Card - National Basketball Association
Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport
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