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Racism in Sports

Racism in Sports. By Shae Oxford and Matt Ring. Thesis. To explain the history of racism in sports and how it has changed over time. Racism Back in the Day. Before 1947 Negro Leagues. Satchel Paige. Boxing. First sport to allow blacks Joe Gans

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Racism in Sports

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  1. Racism in Sports By Shae Oxford and Matt Ring

  2. Thesis • To explain the history of racism in sports and how it has changed over time.

  3. Racism Back in the Day • Before 1947 • Negro Leagues Satchel Paige

  4. Boxing • First sport to allow blacks • Joe Gans • First boxer to fight for championship title • Sugar Ray Robinson • Considered greatest boxer of all time • 1990 Boxing Hall of Fame

  5. Jackie Robinson • Broke color barrier • April 15, 1947 • Baseball Hall of Fame • 1962 • April 15: Jackie Robinson Day • Why?

  6. After 1947 • Basketball • Chuck Cooper • Football • Ernie Davis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdiHS_LyQ

  7. The Rooney Rule • Every NFL team must interview a minority candidate for their vacant head coaching position

  8. Statistics • 2005 • 3 minority head coaches in division 1 college football • 2009 • 10.2% of all baseball players African Americans, 75% in NBA • 2010 • 13 out of 109 minority head coaches in division 1 college football

  9. Interviews • Trent Sellers • What role do you think racism plays in sports today? • I don’t think negative racism does, but the majority of minorities plays a role today. • How do you think racism in sports has progressed over time? • I don’t think it matter anymore to see a bunch of minorities in sports • Why do you think there was so much hatred toward Jackie Robinson? • Because baseball was America’s favorite past time and they didn’t want black people to be able to play.

  10. Interviews • Mr. Persing • What role do you think racism plays in sports today? • It’s decreased over the last 20 years but there are still tensions between certain races • How do you think racism in sports has progressed over time? • It has regressed a little since Robinson and that time period. People have been steered in the right direction because they need to be able to work with other races • Why do you think there was so much hatred toward Jackie Robinson? • It was a sport where there was still segregation and it was the national past time. Also it was around the civil rights movement.

  11. Today • Tiger Woods • Lebron James • Michael Jordon

  12. References • The Official Site of Jackie Robinson. Web. 16 Mar. 2010. <http://www.jackierobinson.com/>. • "African Americans in the Sports Arena." Long Island University. Web. 16 Mar. 2010. <http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/aaitsa.htm>. • "Sports- The Direct Cause of Racism in America Today." Adequacy.org - News for Grown-ups. Web. 16 Mar. 2010. <http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.7.19.83250.1989.html>.

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