“They Said ‘Go Back to Afghanistan’”
“They Said ‘Go Back to Afghanistan’”
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“他们说‘滚回阿富汗’”
DOI：
10.17953/aj.41.2.25
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发表时间：
2015
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影响因子：
0.4
通讯作者：
S. Thangaraj
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作者：
S. Thangaraj
2006年，我参加了芝加哥印巴国家篮球锦标赛，对南亚裔美国人的体育文化进行了人种学研究，重点是篮球。我采访了芝加哥17支球队中大部分球队的队长和球员。这些团队来自美国和加拿大拥有大型南亚社区的主要城市。此外，还有各种种族和宗教身份在起作用。我在费城金鹰队的一场比赛后会见了他们的球员。关键球员，控球后卫K-Rock和得分后卫Karthik，在球场一侧的一个巨大的红色体操垫上伸展开来，专注于球场上发生的比赛。这两个印度裔美国人在下一场比赛前休息，同时在球场上观察和评估球队。Harpreet，他们高大瘦长的锡克教美国队友，坐在他们身后。我问了K-Rock一些关于他打篮球的经历和他在印巴篮球队打球的原因的问题。2他和金鹰队的队友Karthik分享了打二级学院篮球的乐趣。K-Rock停顿了一下，讨论了大学篮球和印巴篮球之间的区别。他说：“在其他地方也有种族主义。球迷们对我大喊大叫。”敌对的球迷并没有什么特别之处，但他接下来的话强调了美国公众的种族主义政治：“他们高喊，”滚回阿富汗去！“我简直不敢相信。”然后，他指出他的队友展示了种族和宗教的异质性和社区意识，通过差异，他没有在大学篮球经验。
I was at the 2006 Chicago Indo-Pak National basketball tournament conducting ethnographic research on South Asian American sporting cultures, with an emphasis on basketball. I interviewed team captains and players on most of the 17 teams in Chicago for the extended weekend tourney. These teams came from major U.S. and Canadian cities with large South Asian communities. Additionally, there was a gamut of ethnic and religious identities at play. I met with players from Philadelphia-based team Golden Eagles Philly1 after one of their games. The key players, point guard K-Rock and shooting guard Karthik, were stretched out on a large red gymnastics mat to the side of the court with a keen focus on the game taking place on the court. These two Hindu Americans were resting before their next game while taking in and gauging the teams on the court. Harpreet, their tall, lanky Sikh American teammate, was sitting behind them. I asked K-Rock questions about his experience with basketball and his reasons for playing in Indo-Pak Basketball.2 He shared the joys of playing Division II collegiate ball with Golden Eagles teammate Karthik. K-Rock paused for a second while to address the differences between collegiate basketball and Indo-Pak basketball. He explained, “There is racism in other leagues. Fans were shouting at me.” There is nothing peculiar about hostile fans but what he said next underscored the racist politics of U.S. publics: “They shouted, ‘Go back to Afghanistan!’ I couldn't believe it.” He then pointed to his teammates to showcase the ethnic and religious heterogeneity and a sense of community through difference that he did not experience in collegiate basketball.