Hoberman, John2018-02-232018-02-232017-01-30https://hdl.handle.net/11299/194055Sports are America's public square, drawing millions to playing fields and courts around the country. John Hoberman disagrees. For black America, Hoberman argues that the effect of sports is damaging - it helps sustain racial myths and stereotypes and it lures the young to over-invest in the hope that it is the "ticket" out of depressed economic circumstances.ensportsblack Americaracial myths and streotypesAudio