Focus on Sports Hurts Blacks, Some Say. Lori Shontz.
by Shontz, Lori; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 36Human Relations. Publisher: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): African American athletes | African Americans -- Education | Role models | Social mobility | Sports -- Sociological aspects | SuccessDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A growing number of educators and activists are questioning whether student-athletes such as Polk are, too often, exceptions. They are wondering whether black Americans' focus on sports as the pathway to success is, in the long run, hurting them." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article addresses the focus on sports among young African-Americans and their perception that "athletics are the ticket to upward mobility."Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Focus on Sports Hurts Blacks, Some Say, Feb. 22, 2004; pp. A10.
"A growing number of educators and activists are questioning whether student-athletes such as Polk are, too often, exceptions. They are wondering whether black Americans' focus on sports as the pathway to success is, in the long run, hurting them." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article addresses the focus on sports among young African-Americans and their perception that "athletics are the ticket to upward mobility."
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