Juremi Ejuwa of Iron Horse Middle School Recognized by Congressman Swallwell

September 11, 2019

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​Juremi Ejuwa, a 6th grader from Iron Horse Middle School in San Ramon was recently honored by Congressman Eric Swallwell for writing the most original essay on the American Revolution in California's 15th Congressional District. Juremi is the son of DBMG member Williams Ejuwa.

September Birthdays

• ​Michael Smart, Sept. 11
• Bryan Ricks, Sept. 18
• Bruce Giron, Sept. 23

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September DBMG All Members Meeting Scheduled

Our next DBMG All Member's Meeting will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, September 21, at the San Ramon Marriott, 2600 Bishop Dr, San Ramon.
The meeting agenda will be sent out to members two days before the meeting.  Please consider asking a prospective member to join us for breakfast. 

Article of the Week
Are Universities Exploiting Black Male Athletes in Order to Raise Revenues?

​A new study suggests the answer is yes.
JAMES MCWILLIAMS - UPDATED: APR 20, 2018 - ORIGINAL: APR 19, 2018

​A recent report put out by the University of Southern California's Race and Equity Center delivers some disturbing, if familiar, news about college athletic programs: They exist as mechanisms of exploitation, particularly of African-American men.

The meta-analysis, authored by Shaun Harper, an education professor at USC, concludes that” perhaps nowhere in higher education is the disenfranchisement of black male students more insidious than in college athletics." The takeaway, according to Harper, is the need for "more outrage and calls for accountability.”

Of the 65 universities studied, black men comprised 2.4 percent of all undergraduates but 55 percent of football team members and 56 percent of basketball team members. Total student-athlete graduation rate was 69.3 percent over six years, and 76.3 percent for all students, but only 55.2 percent for black male student athletes. It's not as if these numbers are in the process of improving. At 40 percent of the universities black male athlete graduation rates have dropped by 6.5 percent in the last two years.

Given the formidable revenue generating force of college athletics—especially football and basketball—these figures strongly suggest racial exploitation, the kind whereby black men are used primarily for their athletic skills to generate income for universities that educate mostly white graduates for successful careers.

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