Eliminating Racism In Sports Media

By Enid Hinton


We must have all had some interaction with the media. The media, that delivers information to us through a variety of ways. Racism is also a common term for it is almost everywhere even during this era of civilization. It is the discrimination of persons based on their racial back ground. Racism in sports media has been thriving over the years. Will it ever end?

The networks and sports fight for fairness. A fairness that gets wiped away by racial thoughts. When a player is judged by his race, his heart sulks. His passion for the game is not enough for him to showcase his abilities. Being discriminated kills him inside and he becomes unproductive on the outside. Sports is only fair when it is all about talent.

When ethnicity affects these two, it destroys the fairness they strive for. When a sportsman or woman starts being judged by his race, his will power starts to decrease. It destroys his or her passion. It then causes them to shy away from games and in the end, their dream vanish into the blues.

The same thing is seen in the games where racial comments are published by different networks revive ethnic thoughts. They not only influence the people reading or viewing their work, but also create favorable conditions for this parasite to thrive in. It then becomes a recurring problem, where one comment is shared across the globe via the internet like social networks.

We first need to emphasize on the brotherhood spirit. We are all one. Our similar features make us belong to one family. Our differences on the other hand just spice up life by adding variety. We may at times feel good about victimizing others. The truth is that we only prove to be worse than those we have discriminated. We victimize people who have no control over where they came from.

We need to see the similarities in each other. It is the similarities that draw us to each other. In so doing we can treat one another in a more respectful manner. A player from another ethnic group does not deserve different treatment. We become inconsiderate when we victimize people who have no control over their background.

Penalties for those who discriminate others should be put in effect. This should apply to the spectator, the journalists and the players themselves. Anyone who breaks the law should be dealt with accordingly. This should serve as a lesson and example to everyone. This may not eliminate the problem immediately, but will help reduce its frequency.

Our minds are responsible for our actions. Ethnicity originated from the mind of one person and he spread the notion to other people. As other people got influenced by him, they developed a negative attitude towards people of different races.

Our minds can be a dangerous weapons to our society. Our actions are a product of our minds. Thus the most effective way to eliminate the problem it to erase it from our minds. When we destroy it habitation, we destroy its existence. Let us make it a personal goal to eliminate this communal problem.




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