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Dreams and Deception informs young black males, parents, educators, policy makers, and other interested in issues of social justice and equality to understand how important it is for children to successfully attain an education while pursuing sports dreams. Today, many young black males view athletic participation as the way to secure a successful future. Yet for the majority of them, dreams of playing professional sports rarely pan out. Many of them end up returning to a life of poverty as a result of a deceptive sports lure that entices them to focus exclusively on athletics at the expense of their education. This book presents a critical and social historical deconstruction of sports lure, revealing what makes it so powerful. As Isabel Ann Dwornik documents, centuries-worth of racism in the United States is at the core of this phenomenon, has affected the academic identity development of many black male youths and has discouraged them from taking full advantage of their schooling. Book jacket.