"For me as well, in a divided New York City, thebasketball court was where walls felt like they could come down. But I havefar more faith in the sacred power of hoops than I do in an educationsecretary who presides over an apartheid system and attacks teachersand public education in the name of reform. If Duncan tries to bringthat into my lane, I won't be the only person ready to smack that junkback into the third row. "
--Dave Zirin, "Obama's Unfortunate Hoop Dreams" which appears in the current edition of Progressive Magazine.
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