An Essay on the Interconnection of Sports, Race, and Politics

This essay examines the intricate relationship between sports, race activism, and politics, arguing for their interconnectedness. It begins by defining sports diplomacy and how it leverages sports for political and social influence, drawing examples from major events like the Olympics and FIFA. The essay explores how sports platforms, such as football, facilitate international business and cultural exchange. It then delves into the negative and positive historical impacts of sports in relation to political and racial issues, including controversies and discrimination. The role of race activism within sports is discussed, highlighting how sports can address social issues like racism and promote awareness. The essay further analyzes the importance of sports in creating awareness, generating funds for social causes, and fostering ethical values and societal betterment. It emphasizes the need for sports committees to collaborate with governments to develop policies and promote racial equality. Finally, it highlights the role of sports in teaching life lessons, promoting team work, and fostering a sense of equality among people from different cultures. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of the interrelation of sports, politics, and race activism for societal welfare and ethical development.

Essay on why sport, race
activism and politics
should mix

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
Why sports, Race activism and politics should mix...................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Sports and politics and this will relates with the term sports diplomacy also which
describes the use of sports in respect with the popular sports which covers large audience group
as means to influence the diplomatic, political and social relation. It brings to attain the different
cultural countries together and brings people together the major role of the sports diplomacy is to
provide the growth to both the sports and politics with the view to attain the diplomatic approach
in relation to some political factor considered in it and also to develop the sports popularity also
by bringing the audience in large manner (Boykoff and Carrington, 2020). Sport like football
which sponsors lots of international business to invest in their sports tournament like FIFA which
is the biggest platform for sponsoring and contributing with the aim to attain the effectiveness of
reaching in the large customers base cause this tournament having the world popularity which
will attain the objectives by successfully organise their sports platform like wise while taking in
the sense of politics it will again contribute in the sports which are just emerging and require a
growth in making aware to the large audience is that unpopular sports require the personalities
and funds to enhance their levels. This report will cover why the sports, Race activism and
politics should mix .
MAIN BODY
Why sports, Race activism and politics should mix
Sports in relation to the race activism and politics they are inter related with each other on
several stages with some motive inside it. The use of sports and politics had both the negative
and positive impact over the history(Bryant, 2019). If we talk about the sports so it will be
considered as a large platform for the political involvement through which both the sports and
political agenda will be successfully worked on their part through several outcomes from it this
will develop the growth factor to the sports as well that of political influences so as to
accomplish the values and ethics of the different countries as well to attain the relationship with
other countries in respect to combined through the platform of sports indulgence and which will
brings the different cultural countries to be together and represent their country on an
international level. Provides the growth to the countries as well by bring them together with
sports and sets the relation of other business as well this will includes the process of advertise the
sports in other countries with a motive to aware their audience to be a part of this sports
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activities, so as to attain the diplomatic level of reach to the countries as well as to attain the
sports objectives. The Olympics is already the biggest example of the politics for using the sports
activities for diplomatic means which relates with the sports like cricket and football associations
an other sports indulge in the process of political influences so this will be considered as the
positive framework approach of the countries who organised and deals in this sports activities
which will bring the different culture together and motive of political factor will also attain in the
effective manner. So another aspect of the sports activities will be considered with negative
approach also, example in the case apartheid, sports was used with a motive to isolate the
countries like South Africa and brings about the major overhaul relates with the country structure
in relation to socially.
Controversial games: This controversy relates with the political tensions which is arise in
the sports because of the cross countries diplomatic problems which will affect the process
of sports also in several cases which will also influence the other countries negatively, the goals
and motive of the Olympic games is to bring all the athletes from the different countries with the
motive to attain the positive and peaceful tournament competition. Controversies in games are
mostly happens when the government of particular host country will intervene by political
aspects through limiting the countries entry (Cooper, Macaulay and Rodriguez, 2019).
Race activism relates with the issues in sports like most debatable thing which are
happening in the countries due to the racism like colour and gender discrimination will leads to
the generation of global issue which will be categorized in the phase of social problems. For
peoples political factor is a serious issue to address this creates the level of frustration, because
every individual have their own opinions and ideas, different beliefs but on the other hand people
feel free to induce in the activities of sports related aspects basically sports engage the peoples on
the basis of their interest so the politics and sports are two different approaches to deal in
accordance with the people perspective on these approaches(Falcous, Hawzen and Newman,
2019).
There is a continuous approach of relating the sports with politics through the
competitions which are organized with the view to attain the objectives. Both the sports activities
by aware about the initiative on particular topic is that mostly in cricket the countries are more
likely to engage in the social activities like if playing for some social causes like for some NGO
and for their soldiers if any causalities happens in the countries and by taking the stand for
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racism factor this aspects relates with the contribution of sports towards raising the funds for
social causes which will leads to generates the effectiveness in both the social influences and
sports which are going hand in hand this indulgence of sports with the society welfare shows the
aspect which are engage with the value political factor as well , government will also takes
interest in generating the funds for the social causes(Frederick, Pegoraro, and Sanderson, 2018).
Creation of awareness is the motive of both the sports and political factor by which peoples are
more concerns about the issues and relates more effectively.
Apart from the social aspect the appropriate planning to build the discrimination free countries
government conducts more of the sports activities on the larger platform which will result in the
formation of not only for funding but to create awareness through contribute to the economy by
that process which will results in the betterment of the peoples living in the countries.
Most of the political approaches are relates for the sports activities with a view to
generates funds in the countries by hosting the different nations on the basis of their political
terms with them results in the business making also , this approaches by government leads to
develop the infrastructure for sports as well, by generating funds and contribute for the sports
welfare so at some point they are inter related with each other. Sports committee have to take
decisions on the basis of state governments of their countries before initiate for the particular
programme related to the sports event on a large scale because it will direct it to the welfare of
both the sports activities by the government(Haslett, Choi and Smith, 2020). They both have to
work on the basis of sports policies in the countries by the higher authority and planning will be
developed through boards meeting with the panel of seniors from politics to work on particular
objectives which will be execute in the future through proper assistance of government.
Sports and Race activism are having the most relatable approach in which sports
committee work for the welfare of countries who are being discriminated in respect of their
cultural values aspects and racism on colour black and white. In past times the situation of
racism are the bigger problem and still being faced by some countries right now, so the sports
federations are combined for the welfares of discriminated countries by approaching them
through the medium of conducting the events for them in relation to attain the objective of
reducing the racism factor so as to build the understanding and awareness in the mind of
audience by dealing each and every individual same through equal support by the host country
and by motivating them for next further events and try to focus on the young generation because
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they will easily meets with the intentions and can understand the initiative by the government in
aspect to avoid the obstacles in maintaining the relationship with the countries which are side
line due to the diplomatic factors.(Montez, 2020).
Sports through sociology which refers to purpose of organising the sports and games with
the motive to life value lessons and good morals through practise, team works and discipline and
the feeling of equalization between the people of different culture which will support during the
real life phase as well . Sports basically relates with input of collective efforts which will going
to assist each other like in sports football, cricket and all the sport games activities which are
concern with the collective efforts of team group generates the coordination while working and
the level of understanding of each other.
While introducing any sports activities in different countries by collective work plan of
two or more countries, they have to understand the ethical issues and cultural values of the same
country wherever they are going to organise it this will generates the outcome of importance in
the field of sports for the ethical point of view, some of the ethical issue like human rights, and
compliances in the field of sports related to employment practises will be the major issues that
will be solved or overcome through the process of inducing the employment opportunities in the
host countries by setting up the infrastructure value for them.
Sports and politics are having the similar kind of motive in today scenario or we take it as
a one similar motive is to aware the people in the context of sociology and ethical aspects they
both are inter related with each other cause they will attain the objectives of society by welfare
and contribute in the economy as well if we are talk about the Olympics and other large based
tournament they will focus on the priority of political agenda with the raising funds in the
countries by dealing with lots of sponsors company which are usually big multinational because
of the nature of the sports activity in size.
Olympic sports was the political example of creating the positive environment across the
countries by adding the value of their importance which relates with the equality, reducing the
discrimination and generates the relationship of businesses through conducting this event by
aware the other countries to invest in the activities related to the sports culture which will
provides the growth to both the industries for international level . Lots of companies who wants
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to grow their business will take interest in the tournament like Olympic which can be noticeable
by the large audience by taking interest in this approach(Schmidt, 2018).
So as per the sports ,politics and race activism are concerns they have to be work
accordingly to develop the stages of opportunities in the field of economic growth as well as
societal point of view by conducting several programmes and takes initiatives by the collective
efforts of politics and sports we will take an example of conducting the social cause welfare like
save the child and equal rights for the girls, this will again the movement by the social activist
through the allowance of government of state if the movement will be quite large then they have
to conduct the activities by promoting through some sports like Football and cricket as well the
brands club like basketball.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above essay is that sports politics and race activism should be
inter-related because of the activities and motive exactly concern with the welfare of society and
by developing the values related with sociology and ethics that will also play an important role in
the phase of sports and politics activities by having the approach to develop the sources which
will help in the reduction of discrimination across the countries by developing the program
related to sports and political activities or event through generating awareness.
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