Racism In Sport

When you think of sport, racism is most likely one of the last things you think of. But, in reality racism is woven throughout sport. For example, when you think of men's basketball right away, which race is most dominant within this sport? Everyone will tell you that the dominant race in basketball is the African American race. But, this racism topic goes even further. Within men's basketball you can separate each position by race and ethnicity. When you think of centers, they are predominately Caucasians and are usually American or Eastern European. Then there are power forwards, they are usually African Americans. Going down the roster there are small forwards, they are predominately African American or Caucasian Europeans. Then there are two different guards, the shooting guard and the point guard, and both of these positions are usually African Americans. The reason I mention these facts is not because I am racist, because I am not. I bring this up to heighten awareness, as much progress as our society has made in the past so many years, we still have a problem and we truly need as much help as we can get.