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In today’s episode, we speak to Professor Kirsten Hextrum, the author of the recently published Special Admission: How College Sports Recruitment Favors White Suburban Athletes, and an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Hextrum is also a former NCAA Division I two-time national champion rower, and a recognized expert on college sport access, equity, and diversity. I hope you enjoy hearing Prof. Hextrum share her views on the connections between meritocracy, ideology and what she considers to be the entrenched myth of a level playing field in college sports. So please listen in for an eye-opening discussion about missed educational opportunities, class and race, and the power of college sports to misguide millions of American youth.
