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THE IMPACT OF DESEGREGATION IN SPORTS
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SPORTS IMPACT ON THE WORLD Super Bowl XLIX(2015) had 114.4 million viewers (320 million people living in the US) -Billions of people spend an irrational amount of time watching, playing, reading about or training for sports. (Fantasy sports) -Nothing goes unnoticed in sports.
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RACISM A PART OF SPORTS? -Danny Ferry was caught saying racist remarks during the 2014 summer scouting reports He helped build a championship contending team in a matter of 3 years "He's a good guy on the cover but he's an African. He has a little two-step in him=says what you like to hear, but behind closed doors he could be killing you. Con isn't bad, but it's there," is what was in the scouting report. “He's a good guy overall, but he's not perfect. He's got some African in him. And I don't say that in a bad way.... He has a store out front that's beautiful and great, but he may be selling some counterfeit stuff behind you." -Bruce Levenson’s speculation that Phillips arena would not be filled due to black crowds scaring away other fans -Donald Sterling conversation with V.Stiviano
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THE POSITIVE SIDE -Donald sterling incident bonded the Clippers organization -Both coaches and players expressed anger toward the comments, and they briefly raised the possibility of boycotting Game 4 of their series against the Golden State Warriors on April 27, 2014 -David Stern banning Donald Sterling from the NBA for life. -Many star athletes made their disappointments known about the deaths of Donald Brown and Eric Garner.
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SEGREGATION AND RACISM IN AMERICA -Ferguson Missouri “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” -Eric Garner “I Can’t Breathe”
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OTHER EXAMPLES OF RACISM IN SPORTS -Miami highschool football team received a letter to remind their athletes to “pick up their chicken bones and red cups from which they drink their Kool-Aid and liquor out of.“ -Marcus Smart pushing a Texas tech fan for calling him the N word and to “go back to Africa” Jeremy Lin -”Chink in the armor” -Floyd money Mayweather “Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he's Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don't get the praise“
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JACKIE ROBINSON -Changed the Jim Crow policies forever by breaking the color barrier in 1947 -Many pitchers tried to bean him in the head during his rookie year, he still won the rookie of the year. He was also a 6 time all-star, batted a career.311 and a World Series Champion in 1955. - MLB initiated a new tradition on April 15, 2004 called Jackie Robinson day on which every player wears the number 42.
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