Summary Ellis Cashmore in her 2008 article, Tiger Woods and the New Racial Order, talks in great detail about Tiger Woods, an African American professional golfer, and his attempt to end racism by functioning as “ambulant publicity” (Cashmore 2008, p. 621) meaning he avoids engagement in political or sensitive topics as well as refusing to align himself with a particular ethnic group. In Cashmore’s article, she describes Tiger Woods as more than the best golfer in the world, but rather as someone who has broken the racial barrier in the sport of golf as well as in the world outside of golf. Cashmore’s article talks in great detail about how Tiger was a pioneer for the attempt to get African Americans to buy into a lifestyle of not allowing their race effect their way of life. This article is of great significance because it talks about an athlete, Tiger Woods, who has changed the world as we see it today. Moreover,
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621) to this day there has not been another athlete who has perfectly integrated a sport and a nation like how Tiger Woods has.
Reflections & Connections For over 20 years Tiger Woods has been the face of golf, due to his exciting play and his extreme love of competition. Moreover, his color-free mindset through the years has many people believing that he is part of a “new racial order,” in which racism is dead and there are no barriers for African Americans like Tiger Woods. Ellis Cashmore describes Tiger Woods as “a commodity of immense utility” or “something that effectively advertises a society that has long struggled with the issue of racism, but has finally won.” (Cashmore, 2008, p. 621). In Kretchmar’s 2005 article, holism, He writes, “Once we shift the conversation from the parts of a person to the qualities of human action, we have a chance to
621) to this day there has not been another athlete who has perfectly integrated a sport and a nation like how Tiger Woods has.
Reflections & Connections For over 20 years Tiger Woods has been the face of golf, due to his exciting play and his extreme love of competition. Moreover, his color-free mindset through the years has many people believing that he is part of a “new racial order,” in which racism is dead and there are no barriers for African Americans like Tiger Woods. Ellis Cashmore describes Tiger Woods as “a commodity of immense utility” or “something that effectively advertises a society that has long struggled with the issue of racism, but has finally won.” (Cashmore, 2008, p. 621). In Kretchmar’s 2005 article, holism, He writes, “Once we shift the conversation from the parts of a person to the qualities of human action, we have a chance to