Thursday 10 December 2009

Ehtnic Minorities surbordination through football and media:

http://www.le.ac.uk/ua/pr/press/footballresearch.html

Leicster University found that football clubs still haven't done enough to challenge racism. Over half (51%) of all professional football clubs are situated in areas which have a minority ethnic population of 5% or more, whilst over one quarter of clubs (29%) are situated in areas where one in ten local residents are of minority ethnic backgrounds.

Team told by FA to have more ethnic minorities on board, they are a minority:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3477189.stm

The media aren't representing ethnic minorities in football enough, and are showing football to be a racist sport and therefore a lack of ethnic minorities in football clubs (it's declining).


Racism in Rugby, ethnic surbordination:

http://www.wires.u-net.com/racismrl.htm

Talks about racism in Rugby. Despite efforts to try and rid of it, it always seems to creep up in the sport and it's mainly from fans shouting it at players. It's alright to like an ethnic minority in their team but if it's in another team, racism is acceptable.

Very Important link, post colonialism and sports linked:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yz6wsZC1u4oC&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=post-colonialism+sports&source=bl&ots=srGRlRm_ey&sig=oDQsymid8v9gr_iKxzD9CHwaBbI&hl=en&ei=7JchS8iiCcf-4AbRjdHnCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=post-colonialism%20sports&f=false

Growth of ethnic minority participation in sports down to globalisation and companies wanting to expand to meet everyone's need. It's for economic benefits. most disputes tend to be regional e.g. Cameroon not getting world cup place and therefore boycotting 1982 worldcup.

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