Intellect U Well, Inc. hosted the third “Intellect U Well Journeys” scholar talk. The theme was health + wellness with a focus on health, wellness, and the African-American experience. The featured author was Professor John M. Hoberman from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Hoberman is a social and cultural historian who has researched and published extensively in the fields of sports studies, race studies, human enhancements, medical history, and globalization studies. His work in sports studies encompasses race relations, politics and the Olympics, and performance-enhancing drug use. His interests in medical history include the social and medical impacts of androgenic drugs (anabolic steroids) and the history of medical racism in the United States.

He discussed his books Darwin’s Athletes: How Sport Has Damaged Black America and Preserved the Myth of Race, Black & Blue: The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism, and Dopers in Uniform: The Hidden World of Police on Steroids.

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