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Pinckney, Nathaniel Bryan, and Corliss Outley  \nDrawing on such academic topics as the white racial frame, critical race theory, Black critical theory, and Black male studies, the authors offer Black PlayCrit, a tool focusing on the specificity of Blackness and anti-Black violence in play. Calling for the adoption of Black PlayCrit in future studies, they suggest researchers should consider practicing its tenets by developing questions that privilege the stories of Black male youths and consider racism a part of their everyday lived experience, including their participation in structured and unstructured play. Protecting young Black males, they argue, requires a shift in the way we view them and how they play in schools and communities. Doing so may make students of play uncomfortable, may push the boundaries of the scholarly understanding of play, and may force the scholarship around play to face harsh realities about the structure of communities and recreational agencies. However, such thoughtful consideration can help create a society in which playing while Black no longer becomes a death sentence. Key words: Black critical theory; Black PlayCrit theory;  \ncritical race theory; playground to prison pipeline; play of Black male youth;  \nplay-spatial exclusion; redlining and play  \nIntroduction  \nPlay has increasingly been recognized as vital for all children’s learning and development. Through play children can master control over their environment; develop their cognitive, social, and emotional intelligence; and activate their imagination and creativity—all of which will assist in them in how they identify as adults. It is through play that children learn a breadth of skills for optimal development. Yet, the diminishment of both play time and spaces for play (e.g., the removal of recess and physical education programs in schools  \n210  \nAmerican Journal of Play, volume 13, numbers 2 and 3 © The Strong [Contact Harrison P. Pinckney at hpinckn@clemson.edu](Contact Harrison P. Pinckney at hpinckn@clemson.edu)  \nand the increased investigations into so-called “free-range” parents) plus an ideological understanding of who has a right to play have reshaped play for millions of children. It follows that the construction of Black childhood play is marked by deficit discourses. These discourses exclude Black children from the developmental benefits of play while simultaneously denying their innocence and humanity. Our purpose in this article is to expand the understanding of the impact of systemic racism on Black play experiences. We do so by extending Bryan’s (2021b) conception of Black PlayCrit theory as critical scholarship to disrupt these discourses and reimagine Black childhood play for the benefit of all. We do this by considering the importance of space—what we call play-spatial exclusion, which highlights the absence of resources, exclusionary practices, and potential dangers that Black male youth must navigate.  \nWe introduce a normative understanding of the development of play and its history within the United States before we situate these discourses within the ongoing anti-Black experiences that have led to the exclusion of Black children from the notions of innocence through their dehumanization (i.e., the process of denying that Black children are fully human) . We also introduce a historical overview of anti-Black exclusions and oppressions enacted through the dominant legal and social practices that have impacted the spaces and places in which Black children play, work, and reside (Pinckney, Outley et al. 2018) . Each of these areas make visible the ways in which play—despite its praise as vital for development—has been denied to Black children, teens, and emerging adults, and especially to Black males.  \nPlay Defined  \nIn the United States, play has been introduced into legislation and public programs as a public good worthy of e","cbCaistGJioSX6e9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaistGJioSX6e9","pdf",172704,"English","# Introduction\n## Play Defined","[{\"question\":\"What is Black PlayCrit and what does it focus on?\",\"answer\":\"Black PlayCrit is a tool that examines the specificity of Blackness and anti-Black violence in play, extending Black PlayCrit theory to disrupt deficit narratives about Black childhood play.\"},{\"question\":\"How does systemic racism affect Black play experiences according to the authors?\",\"answer\":\"Systemic racism reshapes play by excluding Black children from the developmental benefits of play and denying their innocence and humanity through dehumanizing everyday practices.\"},{\"question\":\"What does “play-spatial exclusion” mean in this article?\",\"answer\":\"Play-spatial exclusion highlights the absence of resources, exclusionary practices, and potential dangers that Black male youth must navigate in structured and unstructured play.\"}]","Black PlayCrit - Examining the Disruption of Play for Black Male Youth | PDF",1792073315]