Aa Safianna mentioned, it was a really insightful paper and I personally did enjoy reading it. I'd like to talk a bit about the instances the Desi ballers take in relation to blackness, I believe that they actually navigate complex relationships with Blackness, queerness, and the model minority stereotype through basketball. They appropriate elements of cultural Blackness, such as urban aesthetics and stylized expressions, to assert their masculinity and "American-ness" but distance themselves from stereotypes of hypermasculinity, often excluding African Americans from their leagues. These spaces reinforce heteronormative, patriarchal masculinity through homosocial bonding while marginalizing queer identities and relegating women to spectator roles. Although they resist the asexual "model minority" trope by constructing an assertive masculinity, their practices often depend on class privilege and selectively commodify Black aesthetics, reproducing other racial and gender hierarchies.
The Turban is Not a Hat
Sikhs, Masculinity, and Queerness
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