Race og racisme i amerikansk sport

The essay “What sports has taught me about race in America” written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 2018, is about how race and racism affect the world of sports. He mentions occasions in 1968 during the Olympics, where two athletes have raised their fists to give the African Americans a way to have their own anger and frustration funneled through them. As a result, the two men who raised their fists were thrown off the American team. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also writes about how sports is the only way for some African Americans to escape their endless cycle of poverty because it’s harder to get into a good college with only grades for an African American.

Analytical essay

In the world of sports, most people turn a blind eye to racism in sports, as if it doesn't exist, but that is far from the truth. African American athletes get hate mail whenever they don't do what the public wants them to do. This is something the essay "What sports has taught me about race in America" written by former NBA all-star and the highest scorer in the league's history Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and published in 2018 on The Guardian website, discusses. In the essay, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar deals with the problem of African American athletes either disagreeing with the way the government handles a situation, raising their fists in the air, making a gesture, or taking a knee during the national anthem. The essay deals with the theme of African Americans not having the same opportunities as the white Americans have, both in terms of education and respect.