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"Even factoring in the league’s occasional mayhem and behavioral mishaps, it is after nearly a quarter-century of Stern’s reign impossible not to credit the N.B.A. for being the industry leader in the creation of black cultural icons and the promotion of African-Americans into coaching and management positions in many of the league’s 30 franchises."
(from the New York Times)

Note: Although I have written posts here about soccer, I was a basketball fan before I was a soccer fan.
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Sasha said…
even still, the level of exploitation at the collegiate level must be realized as unequal to the heroics of these athletes. If only the marvels of black historians, academics and philosophers were so well attended as a pro basketball game . . . A huge example of class struggle a la basketball is the audience composition of the NBA finals. Almost completely white audiences throng to see the performing athletes, who are predominantly people of color. The racial disparity must lead us to certain conclusions about the nature of U.S. society, regardless of the impact of celebrities, Michael Jordon, Hakeem the Dream, LaBron James, etc. . . Bear in mind, of course, that these three people have proven remarkably capitalist in their venture - the air jordon being a staple of sweat shops, hakeem having patented his own brand of water (an unsettling concept for those familiar with the current course of water wars - particularly in Africa), and so on and so forth. . . I agree with your New York Times on this first instance, but I feel like there is much more beneath the surface to be resolved in time.
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