Racial Discrimination in British Sports: A Study on Barriers and Facilitators
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This presentation explores the barriers and facilitators faced by individuals from the black ethnic community in British sports, particularly football. It examines the extent of racism, measures being taken, and provides recommendations for addressing the issue.
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INTRODUCTION The human society is not homogenous in nature as it is believed to be. There exists many different stratifications, all of which have a different characterizing distinct feature. These stratifications are aimed at diving the human community in a manner which cannot be overcome by a single individual or by one of the communities themselves. One of the main issue where the human civilization remains stratified is that of racism (Paul, Weinbach and Mattingly 2018). The issue of racism has plagued the world in severe concerning ways. Racism refers to the situation where an individual is discriminated against based on the skin color of that human being. RESEARCH AIM The aim of the research is to understand the various barriers and facilitators that a person belonging to the black ethnic community faces in the field of British sports, especially within the area of football. The objectives of the research can be stated as follows: 1. To examine the extent of the problem of racism which makes the people feel that they are not included in certain number of sports. 2. To analyze the various measures that are being undertaken to raise issues of the barriers that people from black and ethnic minority face to the local and national governing bodies. 3. To provide certain recommendations to help solve the issue of racism within the field of sports. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY The research employs the positivism research philosophy, inductive approach, descriptive research design and interview research strategy, all of which have proved to be necessary in the effective execution of the research study (Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault 2015). Furthermore, the semi-structured interview has been used in order to collect the data and this has been analyzed with the aid of quantitative data analysis. LITERATURE REVIEW Paul,R.,Weinbach, A.andMattingly,J.,2018.Testsofracial discrimination in a simple financial market: Managers in major league baseball.International Journal of Financial Studies,6(1), p.24. Rowe, N. and Champion, R., 2000. Sport participation and Ethnicity in England.Headline findings. Sport England, London. Spaaij, R., Magee, J. and Jeanes, R., 2014.Sport and social exclusion in global society. Routledge. Taylor,S.J.,Bogdan,R.andDeVault,M.,2015.Introductionto qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource. John Wiley & Sons. DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS Oneofthecandidatesinterviewedhasstatedthathewasnot discriminated in the field of football but it was quite difficult on the part of the black population to sustain themselves in football. In the contemporary times period, the sport of football has been overrun with the issue of money Another candidate that was interviewed revealed that he did face certain problems while he was playing for his team. Often time it was noted that he was not picked to play in the team as he belonged to the black ethnic community. From the analysis of the data that have been collected it can be observed that in the contemporary time period, the people belonging to the black ethnic community face certain problems as a result of their skin tone. Sport is such an activity which necessitates team spirit and teamcohesionamongthedifferentindividualplayerswhoare involved in this activity. If they are made to feel alienated then the problem may arise that the team is not synchronized in its activity. This might have a serious negative impact on the performance of the team as a whole. Furthermore, the psychological setup of the person who is being discriminated against also suffers to a severe extent which is again the responsibility of the team in its entirety. REFERENCES Racialdiscriminationreferstothesituationwhereaparticular community of people, especially those belonging to the ‘black’ ethnic populationinaparticulargeographicallocation,iswidely discriminated against by the ‘white’ skinned people of that community (Rowe and Champion 2000). The main concerning issue of such prevalence of racial discrimination is that it is a violation of the human rights on the part of the ‘black’ skinned people who are involved in the situation. However, it is not only their legal rights which get adversely impacted but also their psychology gets affected in a negative manner also.Such‘black’ skinnedpeoplearemadetofeelinferiorfor something they have no control on. However, within the societal frame work of Britain, it can be seen that racial discrimination is still very much prevalent. Several laws and policies have been formulated by the governingbodiesofthecountryinordertoensurethatracial discrimination is eliminated in an absolute manner from the society. For instance, the Equality Act of 2010 prohibits any person from engaging in discriminatory activities and says that strong penalties shall be imposed if they are found to be engaged in such social evil practices (Spaaij, Magee and Jeanes 2014). However, such policies are still very much feeble in nature and do not have much power and authority to induce a change in the opinions of the people even if they get incriminated for their discriminatory behavior. The problem of racial discrimination is sought to be solved by the different members of the British community who feel that this issue is seriously hampering the growth and development of the country. The existence of this social evil in the field of sports has also adversely impacted the national team of football to a significant extent. LOGO DISSERTATION