| Fourth Down and Twenty Five
Years to Go |
| Author: Donald Maurice Jackson |
| Release Date: June 07 |
| Hardback $27.95, Paperback
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Fourth Down and Twenty
Five Years to Go
chronicles a startling trend of arrests and
civil controversies involving our African American
sports icons. In his research, the author uncovered over
1,500 arrests of current and former African American
athletes. From Hall of Famers to locally known prep
stars, Jackson takes a critical look at the system that
appears to condone and foster inappropriate conduct by
the African American gladiators. Youth leagues, school
systems, colleges, professional sports leagues, the
media and coaches…the author analyzes the degree to
which each shares responsibility. |
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Racism, class envy, personal
irresponsibility of the players themselves,
Fourth Down and Twenty Five Years to Go
is a monumental examination of the links
between issues of sports, the legal system, the media,
money, sex, power and RACE. From O.J. Simpson to
“Pacman” Jones----from Jack Johnson to Barry Bonds, the
conclusions are startling. |
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Fourth Down and Twenty Five Years to Go
is a groundbreaking and monumental book that
will change the sports landscape forever. |
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Discrimination, selectively harsh treatment, outright
racism, irresponsible conduct, breakdown in the African
American family…which
factor most frequently lands African American athletes
behind bars?
From
youth leagues to colleges, from high schools to
professional sports leagues, Jackson attacks these
issues head on and dispenses blame where blame is due.
His exhaustive research and unique knowledge of sports
results in a work that will have lasting relevance in
the sports world.
This hard
hitting book exposes the underbelly of the sports world
and the all too common consequences felt by the African
American athletes that are all too often entirely
unprepared to deal with the consequences of their
stardom. Are the “perpetrators” in effect “victims” of
their own fame?
Fourth Down and Twenty Five Years
to Go
is a groundbreaking and exhaustive look into the links
between athletic stardom, RACE, fame, money and the
legal system. The findings are alarming.”
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