Stereotyping Case Study

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Introduction:
This is a case study on the impact that the media has on People of color in sports. This cases study will show the central issue, what 's at stake, who 's involved and their point of view, actions or consideration to address this issue, the efforts to address issue working and why or why not these efforts working.

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Stereotyping; A widely a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Racism; the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
Sports; an activity involving physical exertion …show more content…

In baseball for instance, African Americans were barred from participation in the National Association of Baseball Players because of regional prejudice and unofficial color bans dating back to the 1890s. Due to this segregation, blacks worked together to create the Negro Leagues. These leagues comprised mostly all African-American teams. As a whole, the Negro Leagues overtime became one of the largest and most successful enterprises run by African Americans. Their birth and resilient growth stood as a testament to the determination and drive of African-Americans to battle the imposing racial segregation and social disadvantage. After years of playing in an association for blacks, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by participating in the Dodgers ' organization. His excellence at this level opened the gates for other African Americans to be accepted into a less segregated Major League Baseball, and in 1949 the Negro Leagues disbanded. Soon after Robinson 's inclusion into organized baseball, Roy Campanella, Joe Black, Don Newcombe, and Larry Doby all joined Robinson as significant black players that helped foil the racial divide. By 1952, 150 black players were in organized baseball. Racism has many forms from verbal racial abuse aimed towards players, managers and supporters, to indirect and institutional discrimination all of which can result in specific minority ethnic communities being excluded, to a greater or lesser degree, from football. In all forms this is unacceptable behavior. Of course racism is not a problem of football’s making, but, because of the game’s popularity, it has a disproportionate effect on it compared to other sports and walks of life. Football is the national game. It has enormous resonance, and should be enjoyed by people of all ages from all different backgrounds. The creation of an offence of racist “chanting” at football grounds in the Football Offences Act

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