Sports can serve as an inspirational example of what can be achieved through hard work and perseverance, regardless of ones race. However, there is plenty of evidence that race still plays a major role in sports, and that sports are key agents of racial socialization. White SportsBlack Sports Racial Disparities in Athletic Programs challenges the idea that America has moved beyond racial discrimination and identifies the obvious and subtle ways in which racial identities and athletic determinism affect non-white individuals in the world of sports.Author Lori Latrice Martin gives readers a keen awareness of the issues, allowing them to see the links between sports and society as a whole and to perceive that the issues surrounding racism in sports impact people in every realm of life and are not limited to the playing field.
