On November 7
013 we discussed Race and Ethnicity-
Are they Important in Sport
In class our notes stated a question “Does
race/ethnicity have an effect or define who is best at certain sports?” The
answer to this is no! Of course this
answer is no, no matter if you African American, Caucasian, Hispanic or Latino
you can play sports. Jackie Robinson one of the first African American baseball
players in the MLB played baseball. This was a sport dominated by mainly white
males but, because he played the game so well he actually was able to pay on an
all-white team.
Tim Keown wrote an article September 25 2014 called “An Elite
Pass Time”. This article is talking about if the MLB can give African Americans
better opportunities in baseball. Steve Bandura’s team the Anderson Monarchs neighborhood kids who
are mainly black beat the best "elite" travel teams, even the
"elite" teams that have individuals circulating from all over the
country. Bandura is trying to do all he can to get black kids playing baseball at
a high skilled level. An important point
this article states is how Bandura’s whole team in tournaments is African American
males. This shows how the face of Jackie Robinson has changed the game of
baseball. Not all whites have to play baseball, today in age we see more Latinos
and other individuals with different races besides whites taking over this game.
I like the fact that this idea is actually moving forward. Blacks are a representation of not only their selves but also their community. To me this is an important factor to the black community. Having a sport that was dominated by all white males at first then you began to see more black males shows neither race nor ethnicity have to do with who is better at certain sports. Great evidence in Coakley's text states that “Sport participation patterns among African Americans, Native Americans, Latino’s, Hispanics and Asian Specific Americans each have unique histories. Combinations of social and political factors have influenced those histories (Pg. 312).” I find this to be true Hispanics and Latinos are dominating baseball now, blacks are dominating basketball and football and people form out of the country are good at soccer. We also stated some facts about sport in our notes on November 7 2013 it said that “Sport is considered to be meritocratic institution, doesn't matter what race you are you can play sport (2012 ESPN).Racial minorities in the U.S continue to face systematic and pervasive discrimination. Dr.Higgs said something very important to the class that made me think ponder more about sport. She said that "Sport mirrors what goes on in society." As much as you are thinking to yourself this is not totally true, in this is mostly true.
Tim Keown wrote an article September 25 2014 called “An Elite
Pass Time”. This article is talking about if the MLB can give African Americans
better opportunities in baseball. Steve Bandura’s team the Anderson Monarchs neighborhood kids who
are mainly black beat the best "elite" travel teams, even the
"elite" teams that have individuals circulating from all over the
country. Bandura is trying to do all he can to get black kids playing baseball at
a high skilled level. An important point
this article states is how Bandura’s whole team in tournaments is African American
males. This shows how the face of Jackie Robinson has changed the game of
baseball. Not all whites have to play baseball, today in age we see more Latinos
and other individuals with different races besides whites taking over this game. I like the fact that this idea is actually moving forward. Blacks are a representation of not only their selves but also their community. To me this is an important factor to the black community. Having a sport that was dominated by all white males at first then you began to see more black males shows neither race nor ethnicity have to do with who is better at certain sports. Great evidence in Coakley's text states that “Sport participation patterns among African Americans, Native Americans, Latino’s, Hispanics and Asian Specific Americans each have unique histories. Combinations of social and political factors have influenced those histories (Pg. 312).” I find this to be true Hispanics and Latinos are dominating baseball now, blacks are dominating basketball and football and people form out of the country are good at soccer. We also stated some facts about sport in our notes on November 7 2013 it said that “Sport is considered to be meritocratic institution, doesn't matter what race you are you can play sport (2012 ESPN).Racial minorities in the U.S continue to face systematic and pervasive discrimination. Dr.Higgs said something very important to the class that made me think ponder more about sport. She said that "Sport mirrors what goes on in society." As much as you are thinking to yourself this is not totally true, in this is mostly true.
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