Smashing Barriers

Race and Sport in the New Millenium

Published by Madison Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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About The Book

Filled with stories about sports figures like Muhammad Ali, Roberto Clemente, Tony Elliot, Tiger Woods, and Venus and Serena Williams, this new edition describes the changing face of diversity in sport (the growing numbers of Latino and female college and professional athletes). He addresses the value of youth athletic programs; the dangers of new racial stereotypes; and the importance of educating athletes to better balance sports and education fame and social responsibility.

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Product Details

  • Publisher: Madison Books (September 25, 2001)
  • Length: 352 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781568331775

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This book is a 'must read' for anyone who believes that sport can change the way we think about each other. [Lapchick] is a master of fact, a humanist and a philosopher who, through compelling storytelling, challenges us to overcome our society's historical inclination towards racism.

– Donna A. Lopiano, Executive director of the Women's Sports Foundation

Sports are an avenue for millions of young people in America to make the most of their physical and mental talents. But to fulfill the promise of athletics for our society, we must keep working to tear down the racial walls of arrogance and misperception that hold us all back, Lapchick's personal and optimistic book demonstrates how far we have come points us to a future in which race is no bar to achievement.

– Bill Bradley, former United States Senator

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