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Levine, Rhonda. "African Americans and High School Sports:Sports Participation as Mediating Factor for Positive School Outcomes" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p237079_index.html>

Levine, R. F. , 2008-07-31 "African Americans and High School Sports:Sports Participation as Mediating Factor for Positive School Outcomes" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p237079_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper is part of a larger project that follows the lives of 28 African American teenagers in a diverse small-city high school in the Northeast. Through interviews and observations at public events, this longitudinal study traces their hopes, fears, and educational experiences with the goal of gaining insight into the long standing dilemma of persistent racial and ethnic achievement differences in high school. The paper focuses on a subset of male and female athletes and explores the role sports may play as a mediating factor in providing a positive school experience, greater school attachment, and academic achievement. I make three main points. First, at the most obvious level, high school sports is the one area where racial and class barriers break down. The manner, however, in which sports provide the occasion for cross racial friendships differs for male and female athletes. Second, high school sports in general provide a means for greater school attachment, an incentive for academic achievement, and a promised path to a college education, yet few realize the promise. Nevertheless, sports may have been a key reason why they lasted as long as they did in high school, with most graduating. Third, the role of coaches becomes an important source of social and cultural capital for some, although it varies by athlete and sport.

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