Black Men Can't Shoot

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ISBN: 9780226076058

Preface: What’s in a Title—the Origins of This Research

Introduction

1 Jermaine and Ray

2 Becoming a Basketball Player

3 Getting Known through Networks and Exposure

4 Playing School Ball

5 Old Heads and Young Bulls

6 A Saturday Morning at Espy

7 The Heart of the Playground

8 Chuck Breaks Them Down

9 Gotta Want It “Like That”

10 Playing Uptown

11 Some Fall Off

12 Bringing 'Em Back and Putting It All Together

13 The Chip

14 The Glow but Reality of Success

15 Ray vs. Green

16 Playing Everywhere

17 Can’t Look Poor

18 Implosion

19 Moving North

20 Learning Other Stuff

21 A Star Is Born; Another Is Still Waiting

22 Politics and “Pub(licity)”

23 Getting in (School) and Getting out (of the Hood)

24 Being Used

Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendix 1: Methodology

Appendix 2: Settings—Politics of Space

Appendix 3: Jermaine’s Path

Notes

References

Index