Racism in Sports

Ivan Lee, Larry Cheung, Anson

Leung and Marc Law
How common is racism?

- Anti-discrimination

- Rise of racism reports in

recent years

- Not all cases are reported

Examples of
Racism
Football
Ezequiel Lavezzi - PSG → Hebei China Fortune FC
- Was told to make a funny pose
- A racist picture of him pulling the corner of
his eyes
- Caused huge offensive to Chinese people
- Apologized and would be more careful of
his actions
Kalidou Koulibaly
- Sent off for sarcastically
clapping for the referee’s
poor decision

- Offended by racist
‘monkey’ chants

- The manager stated that

they will stop playing if the
racist chants continue
Patrice Evra
Vs Luis Suarez
Fighting Against
Racism in football
FIFA is strictly
against racism and
often promotes
their cause “Say No
to Racism - My
Game is Fair Play”.
Basketball
Lebron James
- Apartment gate was vandalized with racist
words

- Security covered the words with black spray

paint

- Act of vandalism was also directed to his

wife and children
Donald Sterling
- Caught talking to his girlfriend to
block and unfollow all black people
in the NBA

- Refused to rent apartments to

Hispanics and black people

- "It bothers me a lot that you want

to broadcast that you're
associating with black people." -
Donald Sterling
What happened to
Donald Sterling?
- Banned for life from any association with the
league or the Clippers

- Fined $2.5 million

- If ¾ of the other 29 owners agree to Silver’s

recommendation, he is forced to sell his
team
Boxing
Floyd MayWeather and
Conor Mcgregor
- First leg of the promotional tour in Los
Angeles

- Tauned “Dance for me, boy” and made

the impression of “Jim Crow”
Negatives
- Ethically wrong
- Disrespectful
- Unfair
- Bad Reputation
- Hurts the victim’s feelings
History

In the 1890s in baseball,

African and Latin
Americans were
forbidden to play with
others. Therefore, the
“Negro League” was
formed.

- Active between the

1920s and 1940s
- The league was
founded by Rube
Foster
Prevention
UEFA has always been wanting to erase racism in football, they constantly
promote “no to racism” in matches while the teams are taking pictures. For
example: Iker Casillas (former Spanish national team captain) read out Spain
national team’s message (to the people that were watching the euro semi final
in 2012) to respect diversity.
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