"My young Yemeni friend, Abdo, who attends high school in Bensonhurst, told me that he played soccer after school almost every day. “Usually,” he volunteered, “the teams are Arabs against Russians.”
I was surprised that among teenage American boys, longstanding ethnic, political and cultural forces, even antagonisms, continued to define the divisions among them.
When I asked him why the teams were segregated this way, he explained, “It lets us call out plays to our teammates without the other side figuring out what we are doing.”"
I was surprised that among teenage American boys, longstanding ethnic, political and cultural forces, even antagonisms, continued to define the divisions among them.
When I asked him why the teams were segregated this way, he explained, “It lets us call out plays to our teammates without the other side figuring out what we are doing.”"
