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African American– Pay to Play
Latino Relations in Race and the Perils of
the 21st Century the College Sports
When Cultures Collide Industrial Complex
LORI LATRICE MARTIN, PHD,
KAREN JUANITA CARRILLO
KENNETH J. FASCHING-VARNER, PHD,
AND NICHOLAS D. HARTLEP, PHD
This provocative look at the
connections—and conflicts— This book advances the debate
May 2017, 156pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 between Latinos and African March 2017, 207pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 about paying “student” athletes in
Print: 978-1-4408-2961-1 Print: 978-1-4408-4315-0 big-time college sports by directly
$48.00, £37.00, €44.00 Americans in the United States $37.00, £29.00, €34.00 addressing the red-hot role of race
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both groups as they strive to in college sports. It concludes by
achieve the American dream. suggesting a remedy to positively transform college sports.
FEATURES FEATURES
• Reviews music forms (such as jazz, salsa, disco, and hip-hop), • Examines the longstanding controversy regarding whether
political connections, and intermarriages between Latinos and colleges must “pay to play” when it comes to being competitive
African Americans in high-profile sports and how this debate intersects with
perceptions of race
KAREN JUANITA CARRILLO is a New York-based writer and
cofounder of the website Afro Presencia (afropresencia.com). LORI LATRICE MARTIN, PhD, is associate professor at Louisiana
State University.
KENNETH J. FASCHING-VARNER, PhD, is Shirley B. Barton
The Race Endowed Associate Professor at Louisiana State University.
Controversy in NICHOLAS D. HARTLEP, PhD, is assistant professor at
Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN.
American Education
2 VOLUMES The School-to-Prison
LILLIAN DOWDELL DRAKEFORD,
PHD, EDITOR Pipeline
“ of ideas on a topic of Education, Discipline,
This impressive collection
and Racialized
utmost importance Double Standards
will appeal to all who NANCY A. HEITZEG
July 2015, 833pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 are concerned about
Print: 978-1-4408-3263-5 the future of American This book offers a research and
$131.00, £101.00, €120.00 public education. Highly comparison-driven look at the
eBook: 978-1-4408-3264-2 recommended. school-to-prison pipeline, its racial
”
—Choice, May 2, 2016 April 2016, 178pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 dynamics, the connections to mass
Print: 978-1-4408-3111-9 incarceration, and our flawed
In this unique two-volume work, expert scholars and practitioners $48.00, £37.00, €44.00 educational climate—and suggests
examine race and racism in public education, tackling controversial eBook: 978-1-4408-3112-6 practical remedies for change.
educational issues such as the school-to-prison pipeline, charter FEATURES
schools, school funding, affirmative action, and racialized • Provides readers with an understanding of the realities of
curricula. the school-to-prison pipeline—its history, development, and
racialized context and meaning—as well as the continued
LILLIAN DOWDELL DRAKEFORD, PhD, is retired from the significance of race and other socially differentiating factors
Dayton Public Schools, Dayton, OH.
in shaping public policy and everyday decisions regarding
“deviance,” “discipline,” and social control

NANCY A. HEITZEG, PhD, is professor of sociology at St.
Catherine University, St. Paul, MN.
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