... the role of Odin James, aka O, who is the only black student enrolled at Palmetto Grove Academy. He is the anticipated NBA superstar, who has been recruited by the school for his spectacular basketball abilities. O, being the only African American in the school, is popular throughout school, and known for leading the basketball team to the league championship and into the state ... is the Dean's daughter. The Dean has a problem with this relationship but refuses to admit to it or speak on it as a racial issue, seeing that O is the only African American enrolled at the 2 school. O and De...

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... racism goes back into the years past slavery. According to Sage, " despite pervasive and systematic discrimination against African Americans, they have played a continuing and significant role in every are of American history" (p.275). Today, in this multi-cultural society there are many minority groups feeling the squeeze of being born "non-white". Along with the racism come the stereotypes. For example ... people are the best basketball players is very strong for many reasons. The first argument being that, almost 80% of the athletes in the National Basketball Association are of Afric...

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... by millions of people all over the world, or all different races. The most popular watched sport in America, NBA basketball, is played by over 87% of the African decent. Men and women's rights in society have never been equal. Though many American citizens would agree women have less rights than men, in some cases that can be beneficial, including times of ... ...

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