TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Maurice Clarett needs a volunteer. Standing in an auditorium inside Doak Campbell Stadium, Clarett is concluding an hour-long presentation to Florida State’s football team. He summons a player to the front and asks him to describe two things: a real man and a real n—a. Clarett went through the same exercise as an inmate at Toledo Correctional Institution, where he served 42 months for aggravated robbery. “I joked and talked more about what it was to be a real n—a and a gangsta than a man,” Clarett recalls. Clarett’s case manager, Kenneth Rupert, told him he should be embarrassed. — This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Maurice Clarett needs a volunteer.
Standing in an auditorium inside Doak Campbell Stadium, Clarett is concluding an hour-long presentation to Florida State’s football team. He summons a player to the front and asks him to describe two things: a real man and a real n—a.
Clarett went through the same exercise as an inmate at Toledo Correctional Institution, where he served 42 months for aggravated robbery.
“I joked and talked more about what it was to be a real n—a and a gangsta than a man,” Clarett recalls.
Clarett’s case manager, Kenneth Rupert, told him he should be embarrassed.
— This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
Continue at source:
Maurice Clarett, Once A Troubled Star Football Player, Is Now The ‘Athlete Whisperer’
