Dennis Bijjugo Racism in Sports
“The black is a better athlete to begin with because he’s been bred to be that way, because of his high thighs and big thighs that goes up into his back, and they can jump higher and run faster because of their bigger thighs and he’s bred to be the better athlete because this goes back all the way to the Civil War when during the slave trade … the slave owner would breed his big black to his big woman so that he could have a big black kid.” Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder, former CBS Sports analyst.
Snyder’s comment is one of numerous public examples of racist beliefs in sports. Another public example is Marge Schott president and CEO of MLB’s Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999, she was fined and suspended for inadvertently calling black players "million-dollar niggers" and saying she would "rather have a trained monkey working for me than a nigger." When Michael Vick was reinstated in 2010 after serving his time in prison, Tucker Carlson a conservative pundit for the Fox News said on live television “I’m Christian. I’ve made mistakes. I believe fervently in second chances. Michael Vick killed dogs in a heartless and cruel way. I think, firstly, he …show more content…
Recall in 2014 when Donald Sterling the former owner the Los Angels Clippers, the man whose recorded racist sound bites about African American while fighting with is girlfriend, who is a minority, for using Instagram to show that she hangs around other minorities, sparked a media whirlwind. Sterling told her that she needs to stop associating with African-Americans, including Magic Johnson (Lawrence, 2014). It should be noted that Sterling also had strong concerns about paying J.J Redick a white player millions of dollars. He didn't want to pay Redick because he was white, and that he didn't want to pay him because he was a bench player (Amick,
“The black is a better athlete to begin with because he’s been bred to be that way, because of his high thighs and big thighs that goes up into his back, and they can jump higher and run faster because of their bigger thighs and he’s bred to be the better athlete because this goes back all the way to the Civil War when during the slave trade … the slave owner would breed his big black to his big woman so that he could have a big black kid.” Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder, former CBS Sports analyst.
Snyder’s comment is one of numerous public examples of racist beliefs in sports. Another public example is Marge Schott president and CEO of MLB’s Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999, she was fined and suspended for inadvertently calling black players "million-dollar niggers" and saying she would "rather have a trained monkey working for me than a nigger." When Michael Vick was reinstated in 2010 after serving his time in prison, Tucker Carlson a conservative pundit for the Fox News said on live television “I’m Christian. I’ve made mistakes. I believe fervently in second chances. Michael Vick killed dogs in a heartless and cruel way. I think, firstly, he …show more content…
Recall in 2014 when Donald Sterling the former owner the Los Angels Clippers, the man whose recorded racist sound bites about African American while fighting with is girlfriend, who is a minority, for using Instagram to show that she hangs around other minorities, sparked a media whirlwind. Sterling told her that she needs to stop associating with African-Americans, including Magic Johnson (Lawrence, 2014). It should be noted that Sterling also had strong concerns about paying J.J Redick a white player millions of dollars. He didn't want to pay Redick because he was white, and that he didn't want to pay him because he was a bench player (Amick,