My perception of us sport was that Americans love sport more
than almost anything. I knew that sport was a massive money making business. I was
aware that there were many issues within sport but this class has definitely enlightened
me. I am an athlete and even I did not understand all of the emotional and physiological
difficulties that go along with sport. This class has taught me that many
people have to act a certain way to be a part of the team or to seem like they
belong on the field. I have been able to explain things within my own sporting
life that I was not able to explain before. For example why I play hurt or why I
strive to be the best. The topics that stood out to me the most were the difficulties
that LGB athletes have to go through. That how athletes minds work when, specifically
why they want to be the best. Yes I will start to ask more critical questions. I
will also be able to answer questions about sport that I wouldn’t have been
able to before. I will be able to bring the understanding of all people that I have
learned in this class. There are always things going on with people and this
class has helped me to understand that. Yes I would recommend this class. It was
very fun and interesting.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
sexual bodies
Sport is not a safe place for l LGB. It is beginning to become
safer for them but there are still many issues that need to be dealt with. An espn
poll showed that Forty-four of the 51 foot ballplayers polled (86.3 percent)
responded false when asked if a teammate’s sexual orientation mattered to them.
This is a very good number but could still be higher. We also need to take into
account the fact that it was only 51 players that were polled. Im guessing that
number would be much lower if a larger number of people were polled. Women’s sports
tend to be more accepting of LGB. Many female athletes are lesbians or
bisexuals. The reason that it is not accepting in male sports is because our
society has said that being gay is feminine and in male sports you cannot be
that way. They have to be the most manly they can be. I would personally try
and educate athletes on the LGB culture and explain that there is nothing wrong
with it.
sp #13
Sport is very important in the lives of African Americans.
For many of them it gives them dreams to aspire to. It gives them hope of
getting out of their poor neighborhoods if they live there. Many young African Americans
look up to sports stars and wish to be like them. Being on the football team I can
tell you that many of the African Americans see sports as a way to support
their family. For many troubled African Americans, sports give them something
good to do. The first sports movie that comes to mind is blind side. In both
movies the main characters are show as poor, troubled, and unintelligent individuals.
Both movies shown an individual making it out of the hood to peruse their
dreams that were only capable through sport. Sport has damaged African Americans
because now African Americans are associated with sports in a way that no other
race is. Hollywood portrays African Americans as poor unintelligent members of
society who’s only way to be successful is through sports.
gender equality
I chose to write my gender equality commercial sports page
on the famous Bo knows commercial. In this commercial Nike is advertising their
new shoes. In the video Bo Jackson is seen as the ultimate athlete and can play
basically every sport in these shoes. Within the commercial, many famous
athletes say that “Bo knows” about a particular sport. For example, Michael
Jordan says Bo knows basketball and then it show Bo dunking a football. It also
shows a women runner and several women bikers saying Bo knows. In my opinion
this commercial shows woman and men as equals. There are however many more men
than women but the women are show as equals to Bo. The commercial shows the
women bikers and runner as the best in their field. In this video women and men
are both seen as athletes. They show Bo as the supreme athlete of all of them.
Woman are underrepresented but when they are shown they are equals.
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