Assignment on Intersectionality and Discrimination

Running head: INTERSECTIONALITY AND DISCRIMINATION
Intersectionality and Discrimination
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Gender discrimination refers to situation where the people are treated in a different
manner on the basis of their sexual orientation instead of their individual skills along with the
capabilities. The people live within the framework of the highly ‘gendered’ world and the
gender categories play an important role in the everyday lives of the people (Arvanitakis,
2016). Intersectionality is indicative of interconnected nature of the various kinds of the
social categories like the gender, race along with the class that helps in the creation of the
overlapping system of the inequality. Intersectionality refers to framework that helps in
conceptualizing the person or the social problem on account of the discrimination and the
disadvantages present in the society. It talks about the fact that the identity markers does not
exist in an independent manner and it paves the path for the creation of the complex
convergence of the oppression within the society. This essay argues that there exists a string
link in between the social class and the aesthetics in the society. This essay states that there is
a relation in between location of the people within the social space and the pattern of the
participation of the people in the various kinds of the sports activities.
The notion of habitus of Bourdieu has talked about the fact that there exists a link in
between the social origins of a person to that of the likely destination of a person. It can be
achieved with the help of the set of the dispositions towards that of the future that is
manifested within body on account of materialization of that of the class taste (Pampel,
2011). It can be stated that the each class along with the class fraction have an instrumental
relation to that of the body of a person. It can be said to be associated with the common sport
performances of an individual. It have been found that the working class people prefer the
contact sports and on the other hand middle classes prefer the activities that can pave the path
for attractive “body-for-others” (Jarness, 2017). It have been found that dominant classes
engage in the various kinds of the sports activities which are played within the framework of

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the exclusive clubs. Bourdieu has talked about the fact that the sport would be adopted by the
social class in the event of not contradicting the relation of the social class to that of the body.
There exists stereotypes in relation to the race in the society and this can be found to
be evident as there exists unequal pay among the players in the society. It have been found
that the black players of NBA are paid within the range of $17,000-$ 26,000 which is lesser
as compared to that of the white players. It have been found that the whites are generally paid
18 % more than that of the blacks and it points forward to the discrimination that is prevalent
in the society on the basis of the race (Spaaij et al., 2019). The racial disparities have also
been found in salaries of the coaches. The white coaches have been found to pay 14 more
when compared to that of the black counterparts. It have been found that stacking or the
allocation of the minorities to that of the positions which have lesser amount of the control
takes place on account of the pervasive gender along with the racial discrimination in the
society (Hancock, 2016). It have been found to be evident in the case of the professional
volleyball along with the volley ball that is a pointed reminder of the discrimination that
prevails in the society.
There exist the relations of the power within the sports institutions along with the
practices which are experienced with the help of the gendered, raced along with the sexed
constructs. It has been found that the prize money that is offered to the male and the female
cricket team of Australia are different that points forward to the gender disparity within the
framework of the cricket team of Australia (Washington & Karen, 2001). The prize money
that is offered should be equal that can help in providing the encouragement to the people
who are working in the women cricket team of Australia. The conceptualisation of the social
capital theory of Bourdieu talks about the fact that capital is not merely economic and that the
social exchanges should encompass the capital along with the profit in various kinds of the
forms. The conceptualisation of Bourdieu have been found to be grounded within the theories