Race in Sports

On April 5 in American Sport in the 21st Century, we discussed race in sports.  We were asked if we thought that African Americans were evenly represented in sports.  Most of the class thought that they were.  However, we learned that African Americans only participate in a small range of sports which is called stacking.  We learned that the majority of African Americans participate in basketball, football, and baseball. 

I believe that there should be a greater effort to get African Americans and other minorities for that matter to participate in sports other than "the big three."  There are some programs set up that deal with teaching young African American kids in the inner city to golf or play hockey but I believe that there should be more programs like this for it actually to be successful.

I believe that getting minorities involved in sports would also benefit media as well.  By getting minorities involved in more sports would mean that there would be a greater viewing audience which would make the media and the team more money.

I just think overall that getting more minorities involved in sports would be better off for everyone in this situation.
http://www.science.smith.edu/exer_sci/ESS200/Raceh/Raceh.htm

After looking at this link it makes many of the same points made in class such as how there are stereotypes towards different races, etc.