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.
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