the First Chapter

 Even though I'm well past the first chapter, I really liked how Bederman begins the book. Through a lot of the book, she spends time writing about the idea of a white, masculine, ideal, that men have always been trying to attain. Starting her book by writing about how an African-American boxer attained this while in the public eye was interesting to read, and, in my opinion, really added to her work, and shows how deeply rooted class issues were, even in things that, on the surface, might seem more trivial.