The Effects Of Racism In Sports Media

By Leslie Ball


In the beginning when everybody was born and grew up in their native places, life was so simple. A person had to know only their home language and that would be enough for them to accomplish almost everything they wanted to. They had to be aware of strictly one culture and as long as they abided by that everything else was ok. The effects of racism in sports media are vivid everywhere today.

However, with the development of urban areas, everything else had to change. People would now leave their home towns and travel to the urban centers in the search for better living standards, employment opportunities and more advanced technologies. This was no problem since surely they deserved a chance at a better life. The hindrance came in the mixture of cultures, traditions and norms. This did not exactly work so well.

The mixture of cultures in these cities created a complex situation of coexistence. This was not received so well by many people and it led to treat other cultures differently from their own. Different characters and habits developed within the people. This was a community without a common identity or any other unifying factor, cooperation was hard.

One of the commonest tendencies amongst these people was nepotism. It can be described as the tendency for one to favor the people of either his family or clan while appointing jobs to subordinates in the organization. This culture undermines development as most times the employed people do not have the required skills to perform the given job.

Tribalism and tribal favoritism were also popular in these cities. Majority of people preferred to associate with only their tribe and these made sure only those related to them got the major deals and opportunities in the community. This created a situation of conflict and disagreement between the people forcing them to treat each other indifferently on tribal basis.

Racism was also popular in these places. The fact that people of separate tribes ad even races at times had to be put together to create team work made the situation even suck more. People turned to segregating each other on the grounds of color and racial affiliations. This was very detrimental and caused so much harm in the communities that practiced it. Laws had to be enacted to ensure that people are protected from such racial attacks.

Sports are basically any activity carried out by a team or several teams and with each time strategizing for a win. There are several sports activities in the world including football, rugby, swimming and many others to mention but a few. With the development of metropolitan cities, people from different races had to come together to form a team, not all people were pleased by this idea.

Some media houses take it upon themselves to discredited special members of certain teams simply due to the fact that they do not like their tribe or race of origin. This is a very bad tendency that gradually affects the performance of the players as part of the team. It is therefore crucial that measures are put in place to seize this habit from he media




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