Dreams and Deception Sports Lure, Racism, and Young Black Males' Struggles in Sports and Education

This book helps young black males, educators, policy makers, parents, and all other interested parties to understand the importance of education alongside athletic pursuits. In the world today, many young black males view athletic participation as the way to secure a successful future. Yet for the majority of them, dreams of playing professional sports rarely pan out. Many end up returning to a life of poverty as a result of the sports lure which deceives them and entices them to focus exclusively on athletic talent at the expense of their education. This book presents a social historical and critical deconstruction introducing readers to this sports lure, revealing what makes it so powerful in the lives of these youths. As Isabel Ann Dwornik documents, centuries-worth of racism in the United States is at the core of this phenomenon, which has affected the academic identity development of black male youths and has discouraged them from taking full advantage of their schooling.

Info autore

Isabel Ann Dwornik, Couper Fellow and EdD graduate from the State University of New York at Binghamton, is an experienced adolescent counselor and university instructor. Her focus is on educational policy issues concerning racism, social justice, and equality in schooling and human development.

Riassunto

This book helps young black males, educators, policy makers, parents, and all other interested parties to understand the importance of education alongside athletic pursuits.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Isabel Dwornik, Isabel Ann Dwornik, Dwornik Isabel Ann
• Editore: Peter Lang
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.04.2017
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia
• EAN: 9781433133749
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-3374-9
• Numero di pagine: 230
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15 x 1.8 x 22.5 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 460 g
• Serie: Adolescent Cultures, School and Society > .66; Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society > 66; Adolescent Cultures, School & Society > 66
• Categorie: sports, Ethnic Studies, Education, Cultural Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Social History, Isabel, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Joseph, COMPUTERS / Computer Science, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, EDUCATION / Experimental Methods, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Black, Dreams, Sociology: sport & leisure, Linda, Racism, Young, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Lure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Deception, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Extra-Curricular Activities, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, Black Studies, ACSS, Struggles, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, DeVitis, Irwin, adolescent cultural studies, ethnic and cultural studies, Males', American schooling, black male student athletes, black male identity struggles, Dwornik, sports and education