ABSTRACT
This chapter builds upon the way critical race scholars have examined critical behaviours and phenomena of resistance. It begins with a consideration of how humour has been incorporated in the sport literature. The chapter moves on to outline key theoretical themes drawn from humour studies that underpin the critical race approach adopted here. It explores the rhetorical dynamics of humour in storytelling with Black football coaches in England as they share experiences of everyday racism. The chapter presents rich description in an extended theoretical account to get at what Charmaz K. argues goes beyond the overt to the 'tacit, liminal, and the implicit'. It explains the techniques used to share stories of racism that become the focus for the analysis of the role of humour. Critical race scholars have been conscious of the contradictions between action and behaviour and the need to represent what is happening from the point of view of racialised actors.
