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Aug 13, 2020
Caroline
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I really enjoyed the different layers of this book. On the surface it's a simple story about a poor black kid who was adopted by a white family and became a football success. But this book delves so much deeper to look at the history of the offensive line and the evolution of the left tackle position in football, at the systemic racism present in Memphis (and many other cities nationwide), at the natural segregation that happens as a result of this racism and at the insufficiency of public progr
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I picked this book up because of the movie preview I'd seen. I always like to read a book before seeing the movie if I can, and the movie is one that is likely to be seen on "date night."
The book is ok. It's not the best non-fiction I've read. There's a very clear and sometimes offending bias in the writing. I can understand why some groups and people have taken offense to the things in the book. There were moments when I wondered why I was getting an interlude that read like a history of footba ...more
The book is ok. It's not the best non-fiction I've read. There's a very clear and sometimes offending bias in the writing. I can understand why some groups and people have taken offense to the things in the book. There were moments when I wondered why I was getting an interlude that read like a history of footba ...more
The book is good. The movie is extraordinarily bad.
Oct 21, 2011
Jane
marked it as to-read
Nov 19, 2011
Rodney Ulyate
marked it as to-read
Jan 11, 2012
Dinh
marked it as to-read
Feb 16, 2019
Tom
marked it as to-read
