Darwin's Athletes : How Sport Has Damaged Black America and Preserved the Myth of Race - John Milton Hoberman

Darwin's Athletes

How Sport Has Damaged Black America and Preserved the Myth of Race

By: John Milton Hoberman

Paperback | 1 November 1997

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DARWIN'S ATHLETES focuses on society's fixation with black athletic achievement. Hoberman argues that this obsession has come to play a troubling role in African American life and our country's race relations. Rich, flamboyant superstars lend credence to age-old prejudices, recycled "scientific" theories denigrating black intelligence, and stereotypes of black violence. This portrayal of black identity encourages a disdain for academic achievement already too widespread among black males. Darwin's Athletes is a powerful indictment of modern sport's racial spectacle.

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