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“From Punishing Penalties to Brown Bodies Raiding the NFL” considers several significant moments when Latinos broke through the brown color line, including the pivotal moment when two of the NFL’s most significant Latino figures Tom Flores (coach) and Jim Plunkett (quarterback) took the Raiders to two Super Bowl victories.
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© 2014 Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher González
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Aldama, F.L., González, C. (2014). From Punishing Penalties to Brown Bodies Raiding the NFL. In: Latinos in the End Zone: Conversations on the Brown Color Line in the NFL. Latino Pop Culture. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137403094_3
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