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William C. Rhoden is a sports columnist for the New York Times.

Verk av William C. Rhoden

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Födelsedag
1950
Kön
male
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Organisationer
The New York Times

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Even after more than a decade, “Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete” is still a serviceable book about the challenges and adversity black athletes faced throughout history and continue to face as they churn through the merciless, mostly white-owned machinations of pro-sports. Is the book insightful and interesting? Definitely. Is it a page-turner? Not really. Reading this felt a bit like a necessary chore. And, I feel like Rhoden is a little unfair in his criticism of the ignorant aspiring black athlete, who he believes should know more about their predecessors. And, he laments the lack of coverage of black women in sports only to spend a single chapter of his book on the topic. Despite it’s flaws, this book provides some valuable historical context about the black athlete – especially in a time when figures like Lebron and Kaepernick are heckled to just “shut up and play the game.”… (mer)
 
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MC_Rolon | Jun 15, 2022 |
This was really disappointing. Rhoden took a fascinating topic and a wealth of sources ad took the lazy way out. Instead of taking the information and weaving a narrative, each chapter opens with one or two paragraphs of explanation then has 30-40 quotes from various poeple, in no particular order. This is a story that really needs to be told, but it really could have been so much better done.
 
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Verk
4
Medlemmar
200
Popularitet
#110,008
Betyg
½ 3.5
Recensioner
2
ISBN
10

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