Gladwell, Malcolm, “The Sports Taboo,” in
The New Yorker
, May 19, 1997.
With reference to scientists, sociologists, and his own experiences as an African-American athlete, Gladwell explains “why blacks are like boys and whites are like girls.”
Ravitch, Diane, ed.,
The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation
, New York: Harper Collins.
Self-explanatory selection.