Sunday, 13 December 2009

5 new Websites

Used by advance search, e.g. using "postcolonialism" +representation etc.

Sport and Post Colonialism by John Bale and Mark Cronin (e-book)

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cEMh41y9YjkC&dq=%22postcolonialism%22+%2Bsports&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=bNiUsNCnIg&sig=QrHKpg75oheAgEfI18kC8kV5pwU&hl=en&ei=ZYklS7iFL8yd4Qbb6dXyCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22postcolonialism%22%20%2Bsports&f=false

Before sports was used for colonialist gains. For example, in India the British troops would make indians play cricket and bet money on it. But now this has changed as sports is used for post colonialist gains.

Racism in the Olympics in previous years discussed:

http://no2010.com/node/196

Today’s modern Olympics are an example of Western Civilization and the global empire it has constructed. They are a means to expand its ideology & culture. During the early 20th century the clearest Olympic endorsement of racist & fascist white supremacy, however, was yet to come.

A wikipedia article on racism in football, not looking at media aspect but still relevent information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_association_football

Shows how racism in the UK while not dissapearing, the FA are trying to get rid of it. It's also more common between ethnic groups instead of white vs ethnic minorities.

Rangers chairman claiming media obsessed with racism

http://www.tribalfootball.com/content/rangers-chairman-media-obsessed-sectarianism-and-racism

He talks about how Rangers recent friendly for troops in iraq. He argues that it has shown how far scotland has come from being a racist and violent football atmosphere to being more sophisticated and also how the media is trying to sensationalise stories such as racism in Scotland where it's not the case.

NBA dress code connotes racism, what media think

http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=7158

The new dress code was aimed at black people as nowadays they wear suits as part of this micheal jordan era and jay z business era. It's so that they appear to the mainstream and that they carry this stereotype.

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