racism in sports
MEMBERS ONLY: Serena Williams And The History Of Double Standards
In 1772, Phillis Wheatley was tried in the city of Boston for writing poetry. It wasn't the content of her poems that they objected to; it was the fact that she was a black woman, and a slave (since the North had not yet abolished slavery). The white men who tried her were ...read more
Racist Cartoon of Serena Williams Slammed by Critics
There's been a great deal of debate over Serena Williams' loss in the U.S. Open this weekend to Naomi Osaka, with some arguing that the penalties leveled on her by umpire Carlos Ramos were merited, and others arguing they were the result of his racial blindness. While I stand on ...read more
New Program Helps Detect Coded Racism in Sportswriting
As at least a few of you on the site are aware, the 2014 NFL Draft was last night (Bueller...? Bueller...?), but what any casual sports fan knows like the back of his foam finger-wearing hand is that there's a relatively limited lexicon that analysts use when describing the ...read more