Black Men Why Are We So Preoccupied With Black Male Professional Athletes?

"I recall reading that a Black male high-school baller had a 0.03 percent chance of making it into the NBA - I heard it was more like 0.001". - Charle Mudede

"Sports are among the few spaces in our society where Black males receive adoration and support, as opposed to stigma and exclusion." - Joseph Cooper

"Parents of Black male youth rated the pursuit of professional sports opportunity as 26% more important than White parents for their boys." - Project Play Survey

"With the massive numbers of Black men who are sick and dying prematurely from chronic diseases why are so many Blacks boys super-disproportionately pushed to pursue professional sports where their chances are extremely low and not careers in health care where their chances are higher and most needed?" - CNK