{"product_id":"plantation-education-rashad-mccants-9781682618288","title":"Plantation Education: The Exploitation of the Modern-Day Athlete-Student","description":"\u003cb\u003eRashad McCants peels back the curtain of a generational slave mentality and how it relates to academic fraud within the university system, while continuing to clench athlete-students in its grip as they make billions of dollars for the slave masters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on his own experience and others who were entrenched in the university athletic system, Rashad reveals how academic fraud continues to steal a \"real\" education from young black athletes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRashad recounts his own journey as an athlete-student, seeing the talent of his idols like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant and then paving his own path of success--all the way to the UNC 2005 basketball championship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRashad doesn't just explain the problem. He offers viable solutions for how athlete-students can conquer the system and take charge of their own sports and educational destiny. He provides examples of others who are blazing a trail toward a better future for athlete-students. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy confronting readers between the eyes with the truth of the generational slavery system, this controversial and necessary book calls for a social and academic overhaul that is desperately needed within the NCAA and university athletic system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rashad McCants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682618285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682618288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Post Hill Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Rashad McCants","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634570195199,"sku":"9781682618288","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a57c2a1-2681-4972-85d4-4a1585db00b9.jpg?v=1703589918","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plantation-education-rashad-mccants-9781682618288","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}