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Black Planet

Facing Race during an NBA Season

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Black Planet

By: David Shields
Narrated by: Donald Elivert
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Summary

The National Basketball Association is a place where white fans and Black players enact virtually every racial issue and tension in US culture. Following the Seattle SuperSonics for an entire season, David Shields explores how, in a predominantly Black sport, White fans - including especially himself - think about and talk about Black heroes, Black scapegoats, and Black bodies. Critically acclaimed and highly controversial, Black Planet was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN USA Award, and was named one of the Top Ten Nonfiction Books of 1999 by Esquire, Newsday, Los Angeles Weekly, and Amazon.com.

©1999 David Shields (P)2019 David Shields Basketball Racism & Discrimination Social Sciences Sociology of Sports Sports Discrimination
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Very disappointing. Boring at times. Not what I thought it would be like.
Everyday thoughts and events with no relevance to the subject. Couldn't finish it to be honest.

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