Racism and Discrimination in Sports

Racism has be a part of sports in American society ever since we began to play here. In the early 20th century of our country, whites and blacks began to compete against each other in sports like football, basketball, and horse racing. Before this everything was separated for different races. This was a step toward integration in this country until the white athletes and managers decided to ban interracial competition because the black athletes began to dominate their sports. This doesn’t sound much like sports. Many white competitors said blacks had a low intelligence, criminal tendencies, and inferior physicality. All of this was done to hide their fear of losing to black competitors.

After black heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson was defeated by a white boxer in 1915, a black man didn’t have a shot at the title until 1936. That’s 21 years that white boxers denied matches to minorities for a fear of losing. Even the media published articles promoting discrimination and racism throughout the country. Newspaper columnist Hugh S. Johnson wrote, “The average of white intelligence is above the

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