Exercise and Sport Studies 200 - SPORT:IN SEARCH OF AMER DREAM

A study of whether sport has served to promote or inhibit ethnic/minority participation in the American Dream. Biological and cultural factors are examined to ascertain the reasons for success by some groups and failure by others as high-level participants. The lives of major American sports figures will be studied in depth to determine the costs assessed and rewards bestowed on those who battled racial, ethnic, and/or sexual oppression in the athletic arena.