Tyson

Beast. Monster. Savage. Psycho. The glowering menace of Mike Tyson has spooked us for almost two decades. And still we remain fascinated. Why? Ellis Cashmore''s answer is disturbing: white society has created Tyson as vengeance for the loss of privilege produced by civil rights.

Cashmore''s eviscerating analysis of Tyson''s life and the culture in which he grew up, rose to prominence and descende...