Gender_And_Sports

Gender And Sports Sports are as much a part of American culture as cheeseburgers and apple pie. Similarly, issues of race are tied to American history at every level from schools to businesses as well as in the sports world. While we would all like to believe that our society has evolved and that prejudice is no longer an issue, the statistics and behind the scenes view of sports show otherwise. The National Football League (NFL) is a great example of America’s continuing racial discriminatory problem and, until such associations change their practices, American sports will never truly be fair. For class, I watched “Remember the Titans,” a movie about the integration of two schools in 1971. In the film, viewers see firsthand the difficulties that both black and white students face while dealing with the issues they, as well as their communities, faced about racial mixing. Along with this lesson, the audience watches Coach Boone, a black man, deal with being the head coach for what used to be a white team, as well as being the boss of the white man who used to coach that team. The beginning of the movie shows Boone protecting his sports, gender, racial, black, coach, coaches, nfl, head, football, team, white, league, race, positions, players, national, one, new, much, hiring, head-coaching, children, both, being, about, winning, while, teams, shell, owners, must, mcnairberkeleyedu, issue, however, experience, child