The USA not only emphasizes liberty and freedom in its own country but involves itself with Human Rights issues in other nations. Despite this, America still struggles with its own battle against racial discrimination inherent in American society. Racial discrimination has also been a major problem ...
The USA not only emphasizes liberty and freedom in its own country but involves itself with Human Rights issues in other nations. Despite this, America still struggles with its own battle against racial discrimination inherent in American society. Racial discrimination has also been a major problem in American sports. Over time, there has been a slow but positive change to establish racial equality but a divide still remains between Americans of European descent and African Americans. This research is a study of discriminatory aspects present in American sports from a historic point of view. The findings are as follows. Firstly, racial discrimination in sports can be seen to have its roots in social history relating to culture, economics and social structure. Beginning in 1819 Africans were brought over into the States as slave labourers and lost their economic independence as well as their freedom. In sports, racial discrimination emerged in the form of organised prejudice and discrimination. Secondly, racial equality has been slowly improving in recent times. The only sports open to African Americans during when slavery was legal, were horse-racing and boxing. From the mid 20th century, the options began to expand. For example. in Basketball, during the period between 1882 to 1945, there was only one African American player in the Michigan University Basketball team. This number drastically increased to 45% of the team in 1962 and 92% in 1975. Thirdly, in sports racial discrimination has been proceeding with various modality depending on the sports in question. Through various loopholes racial inequality continued to plague US sports. For example in the 1960s, the number of African American players in the NBA made up for 10% of the league but most African American players were only given outfielder positions. Fourthly, it is apparent that climbing the social ladder meant more racial prejudice. From the late 1990s, opportunity for advancement for African Americans increased and Social Mobility through sports for blacks also became distinguishable. After retiring from professional football it was extremely unlikely that an African American player would be able to graduate into coaching or managerial jobs. Up until 1989, there was only one African American head coach in the NFL and there were no African American general managers. Finally, the prospect of racial discrimination being uprooted in American sports is not likely. Racial prejudices that are inherent in people's cultures cannot be expected to abolished overnight. Also, in sports such as swimming, ski, ice-hockey, golf, horse-riding and tennis retain obstacles for African American sportsmen and women and the chances of widespread involvement of African Americans in these sports seem slim.
The USA not only emphasizes liberty and freedom in its own country but involves itself with Human Rights issues in other nations. Despite this, America still struggles with its own battle against racial discrimination inherent in American society. Racial discrimination has also been a major problem in American sports. Over time, there has been a slow but positive change to establish racial equality but a divide still remains between Americans of European descent and African Americans. This research is a study of discriminatory aspects present in American sports from a historic point of view. The findings are as follows. Firstly, racial discrimination in sports can be seen to have its roots in social history relating to culture, economics and social structure. Beginning in 1819 Africans were brought over into the States as slave labourers and lost their economic independence as well as their freedom. In sports, racial discrimination emerged in the form of organised prejudice and discrimination. Secondly, racial equality has been slowly improving in recent times. The only sports open to African Americans during when slavery was legal, were horse-racing and boxing. From the mid 20th century, the options began to expand. For example. in Basketball, during the period between 1882 to 1945, there was only one African American player in the Michigan University Basketball team. This number drastically increased to 45% of the team in 1962 and 92% in 1975. Thirdly, in sports racial discrimination has been proceeding with various modality depending on the sports in question. Through various loopholes racial inequality continued to plague US sports. For example in the 1960s, the number of African American players in the NBA made up for 10% of the league but most African American players were only given outfielder positions. Fourthly, it is apparent that climbing the social ladder meant more racial prejudice. From the late 1990s, opportunity for advancement for African Americans increased and Social Mobility through sports for blacks also became distinguishable. After retiring from professional football it was extremely unlikely that an African American player would be able to graduate into coaching or managerial jobs. Up until 1989, there was only one African American head coach in the NFL and there were no African American general managers. Finally, the prospect of racial discrimination being uprooted in American sports is not likely. Racial prejudices that are inherent in people's cultures cannot be expected to abolished overnight. Also, in sports such as swimming, ski, ice-hockey, golf, horse-riding and tennis retain obstacles for African American sportsmen and women and the chances of widespread involvement of African Americans in these sports seem slim.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.