Equality: The Role Of Racism In Sports

Despite the changes that have come to in today's society and all the advancements towards equality, racism is still something that exists today and will not go away no matter what. African Americans were often banned from certain places and were the targets of harsh discrimination in 1947. Racism has been integrated into our society in a variety of ways, such as the corporate economy and even sports. In the movie 42, conflict immediately spurs when the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, invited Jackie Robinson to play on the team. This caused many disputes among his fellow teammates and the society because baseball was known to be a “white man’s sport”. Jackie’s determination to stay on the team had made an impact on the

Reese then took a courageous stand with Robinson in the middle of the Crosley field. The stance Reese took on the discrimination of people of color was a large illustration of how Jackie Robinson had began to make an impact on the race barrier in the sports industry. This was the first of many actions that depicted how Jackie Robinson was slowly shattering the race barrier. Another important representation of this scene was that Reese inspired people of a white descent to stop the discrimination against people of

Our current day society would not be the same without him due to the fact that the racial barrier would never have been shattered. Jackie Robinson represented black athletes, broke the racial barrier, and represented equality for all people no matter the color of their skin. He allowed for our society to prosper and the majority of society today accepts athletes of color as amazing individuals who can allow for our society to prosper. Without Jackie Robinson we would not have our current day society in the same shape and