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  2. Racism in sport - Wikipedia

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    The Amateur Athletic Union led newspaper editors and anti-Nazi groups to protest against American participation, contesting that racial discrimination was a violation of Olympic rules and creed and that participation in the Games was tantamount to support for the Third Reich. Most African-American newspapers supported participation in the Olympics.

  3. Race and sports - Wikipedia

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    Issues related to race and sports have been examined by scholars for a long time. [1] Among these issues are racial discrimination in sports as well as the observation that there are overrepresentations and underrepresentations of different races in different sports.

  4. Athlete activism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sexual harassment, assault, discrimination, and judgment based on sex have impacted women and sports played by them for hundreds of years. In sports, women have faced challenges when attempting to be seen as equal to their male counterparts because of a stereotype in the sports industry that says that women are unable to be as physically strong ...

  5. Texas school hair policy that left Black teen suspended for ...

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    A judge ruled that a Texas high school was not violating the CROWN Act by punishing a Black teen over the length of ... which prohibits race-based hair discrimination at work, school and in ...

  6. 'Jeopardy', 'Wheel of Fortune' under fire: Game shows hit ...

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    For example, in 1999 in the "Black History" category, the clue was: "The black population of these U.S. areas, the destination of 'white flight,' doubled in the '70s and '80s." The answer was "the ...

  7. A new study suggests MLB umpires discriminate against non-white players, according to Hank Snowdon, a student at Claremont McKenna.. The study used balls and strikes data from the past 13 seasons ...

  8. Racism in association football - Wikipedia

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    Racism in German football is much more subtle than in other parts of Europe; monkey chanting have been replaced with codes, such as the number 88, which stands for "HH" or "Heil Hitler" ("H" is the eighth letter of the alphabet in both German and English). Some teams, for example Hannover 96, have banned such symbols from their stadiums. [111]

  9. African-American Exec Accuses Fox Sports Of Race Discrimination

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    Jerry Davis worked at Fox Sports for 15 years, without being promoted once. He now believes that he knows why: He is African-American. Of the roughly 34 people in top management positions at Fox ...