My Black Stars

Download or read book My Black Stars written by Lilian Thuram and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This translation of Lilian Thuram's bestselling 2010 volume, Mes Etoiles Noires, by Laurent Dubois (University of Virginia), finally brings his anti-racism work to the attention of an English-language audience (the book has already been translated into several European languages). At a time when the Black Lives Matters movement has reminded us of the need to tell more complex stones about our shared past, this volume constitutes a timely intervention by a prominent black sporting figure. Lilian Thuram was born in Guadeloupe in 1972. in 2008, he created a Foundation for Education against Racism, and he is the author of several books, including: Mes Etoiles noires (2010), which won the Seligmann Prize for anti-racism, Manifeste pour l'égalité (2012), Notre histoire (2014 & 2016), and La Pensée blanche (2020). In an earlier life, he enjoyed a highly successful football career, winning the World Cup (1998) and the European Championship (2000). My Black Stars was written in collaboration with Bernard Fillaire. Laurent Dubois is Co-Director of the Democracy initiative at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Soccer Empire (2010) and The Language of the Game (2018). Book jacket.