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Peer reviewedHarris, Othello – Black Scholar, 1991
Explores the contributions of social scientists to the popular image of African Americans as natural athletes and subhuman beings. A review of social science literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries finds the present image perpetuated by sportscasters firmly rooted in this literature. (SLD)
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Blacks, Characterization
