Basketball has become a problem in the black community because kids aren’t getting an education. They’re pawns in someone else’s game.” The work advocated “higher goals” for black youth than playing basketball.
I think this relates back to the term psychic fantasy because of the myth created that black youth play basketball instead of being educated (whether or not the myth created is the truth, it is still the image one had in mind). I think it's also interesting that black youth are expected to reach "higher goals" than just playing basketball, and it shows that the expectations for black people tend to be much higher than white people in order for them to prove their knowledge. A white man vs a black man playing basketball are judged by society very differently. If black kids do not live up to and exceed societies definition of success, they are looked down upon and often called lazy or stupid, when it is even more difficult for black people to reach this definition of success because of discrimination and lack of resources compared to white folks.