Reflective Essay On Race, Gender, Class In Sports

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This class on Race, Gender, Class in Sports has made me think of things that I never even thought of before. I played sports, but never thought anything more than I played the sport and I enjoyed it, I never thought of how we got to this sport I play, or how I as a woman am able to play sports, or even how the game came to be. Some lessons I learned over this course are sports have come a long way, each sport has their own history, sports should rely on performance, to not take sports for granted, that race, gender and class are still the foundation of sports, and that we will always have obstacles to overcome in sports. In sports we will always be trying to strive and improve sports through race, gender and class along with trying to rely on performance to guide us in the …show more content…
We let race, gender, and class guide us. A book that covers this well is “Muck City”. We got to hear the stories all of these young athletes in a run down town escaping reality through sports. These boys in the glade did not rely on money, but their skill and how they performed. They made it by their hard work and their dedication. Theses players earned respect through their performance and that is how it should be. We should not judge where someone comes from, their race, or gender, but by what they are able to bring to the plate. One of these players is Jessie Hester known as the Jet, who trained hard in order to get out of the glade and finally succeeded when he received a first draft pick from the Los Angeles Raiders. Not only did Jessie try his hardest on the field, he tried his hardest in the classroom and succeeded as well. Earning a nickname as “the professor” from his friends. Jessie is an example of many who has succeeded in their goals of escaping the glade through hard work and dedication. This is my favorite lesson not because I necessarily just learned it, but my eyes were opened to

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