By Mariam MORSHEDI By Mariam Morshedi, Small Media Guest Researcher Edited by Small Media A Narrow FocusThe western media has a narrow focus when it comes to Muslim women athletes. Most news pieces relating to Muslim women and sporting discuss issues surrounding the wearing of the … [Read more...]
“United We Stand”… no honor among bigots.
By: Shireen AHMEDThese Olympic Games have been hailed a success and triumph for women in sports. For the first time, every participating country has entered females athletes, including Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.During the last 2 weeks, women's sporting events have capture the hearts of fans all … [Read more...]
Did Greece miss potential teachable moment at Olympics?
Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou was booted off her country's Olympic team after making a racist comment on Twitter, according to various media reports. The articles reported that Papachristou said on Twitter: “With so many Africans in Greece … at least the West Nile mosquitos … [Read more...]
Serena Williams and the the Myth of Color-Blindness
Photo by AFP from the Sydney Morning Herald. Serena Williams just won her 14th Grand Slam title and her fifth Wimbledon title. At thirty years old, she truly has no peers on the tour today. Her closest competition would be her sister, Venus, with seven titles. The Williams … [Read more...]
Anniversary Provides Opportunity to Advocate for Racial Diversity in Athletics
Not to be forgotten among the 40th anniversary hype is the fact that Title IX has created more athletic opportunities for white women and girls than it has for women and girls of color. According to this article in yesterday's New York Times, the high school athletic participation rate for … [Read more...]
Racism in sport is alive and well
Photo from Reuters. The Atlantic. Citing the critical role that sportsmen and women and sporting organisations have played in unifying societies torn apart by conflict, tackling prejudice on issues such as HIV/AIDS and in breaking down gender equality, [Kofi] Annan will say that sport brings our … [Read more...]
Black Athletes: Pawns in a White-man’s game?
This post is a book review inspired by Dr. Earl Smith's book, Race, Sport and the American Dream (2007).Race, Sport and the American Dream argues two overarching points:1.) that the American Dream of hard work leading to fame and fortune has been extremely detrimental to the African American … [Read more...]
Camden Panthers crowned champions of first ladies only Basketball league
By Ayesha AbdeenThe first season of the MWSF Exclusively Women's Basketball League (EWBL) concluded on July 2 with the Camden Panthers crowned 2011 champions.The five month competition which began in March this year is the first basketball league in the UK to take place in a completely female … [Read more...]
Impressive changes in minority hiring
Even my cynical, questioning-of-all-things-teleological self was impressed by this report about the increase in the hiring of minority female coaches in women's basketball. Three years ago the group Black Coaches and Administrators began tracking the hiring of minority women* with the help of … [Read more...]
The creepiness that is the Masters
Even I'm impressed by the luscious greens and landscaping at Augusta National. But it's almost too lush--and I don't even have HD. What is it hiding? What are they prettying up? Well it's all hiding a heck of a lot of chemicals, I would bet. And then there is the lovely history of discrimination … [Read more...]