As much as we appreciate the strides that have been made since the Civil Rights movement in terms of racial equality, there are a few realities that remind us that equality is still a goal. The discrepancy between the number of athletes on the field and the number of Blacks in front office positions is a grand example of how covert discrimination plays out in many corporate environments. Are there seriously not enough Blacks interested in the business end of sports? This is just one of the points that Dr. Thabiti Lewis, a professor at Washington State University in Vancouver, examines in his book “ Ballers of The New School: Race and Sports in America. ” Continued at The Atlanta Post
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Sports, Race, and Power: How Athletes Are Instrumental to Black America
