What more should African-American sports heroes do for their communities, particularly disadvantaged African-American youths?
There are all kinds of foundations, but there needs to be more of a collective effort to bring about change in the communities. For instance, if there was a reading program sponsored by athletes, young people would be embracing reading because their heroes are talking about reading. Some athletes are doing things, like Warrick Dunn, Magic Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal. I don’t know that we are aware of everything. I wish there was a way to promote the positive things that are happening. All of us need to do something, not just athletes.
