(Read ebook) A Level Playing Field: African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports (Alain Locke Lecture Series)
·•●- Gerald L. Early ·•●-
| #1806160 in Books | 2011-04-29 | 2011-03-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.35 x.75 x4.25l,.73 | File Name: 0674050983 | 288 pages
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| An Intelligent Book on Sports and Civil Rights|By Richard Dolnick|An excellent and thought provoling book on the effect of sports on racial issies and the effect of social and racial issues on sports. The six essays delve deeply into the progress on intergration in sports and how it has in many cases played a lead in advancing the cause in society. The author discusses the i||The intersection of race and sports is one of the most dangerous in American culture… Perhaps only a steady, steely academic like Gerald L. Early can take the turn wide open, pencil to the metal, without spinning out. Early has tricky moves and a way o
As Americans, we believe there ought to be a level playing field for everyone. Even if we don’t expect to finish first, we do expect a fair start. Only in sports have African Americans actually found that elusive level ground. But at the same time, black players offer an ironic perspective on the athlete-hero, for they represent a group historically held to be without social honor.
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