This document discusses racism in sports and examples of athletes who fought against discrimination and racism. It describes how racism has been prevalent in sports, especially towards African Americans in the US and globally. It then highlights three incredible moments in sports history when athletes stood up against racism: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics confronting Adolf Hitler, Tommie Smith and John Carlos' black power salute at the 1968 Olympics, and AC Milan players quitting a match in response to racial taunts against a player. The document concludes by profiling several prominent athletes like Colin Kaepernick, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, Tiger Woods, and female athletes who have taken stands against racism in sports.

1. International sports personalities
abd Their Fight Against
Discrimination and Racism

2. Racism in sports
 Racism in sports has been a prevalent issue
throughout the world, and in particular racism
towards African-Americans has been
especially bad over the course of the history
of sports in the United States and around the
world.
 The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission (HREOC) released a report in
2007 claiming that racial abuse and vilification
is commonplace in international sports, in
places such as Australia, Europe, and
America.

3.  As sports progressed, race relations progressed
at a comparable rate. In baseball for
instance, African Americans were barred from
participation in the National Association of
Baseball Players because of regional prejudice
and unofficial color bans dating back to the
1890s. Due to this segregation, blacks worked
together to create the Negro Leagues. These
leagues comprised mostly all African-American
teams. As a whole, the Negro Leagues became
one of the largest and most successful
enterprises run by African Americans. Their
founding and resilient growth stood as a
testament to the determination and drive of
African-Americans to battle the imposing racial

4. 3 Incredible Moments In Sports History
When Athletes Stood Up Against
Racism
 Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics
With Adolph Hitler having assumed
power in Germany in 1933, two years after Berlin was
awarded the 1936 Olympic games, the world's most
heralded athletic event was in the awkward position of
being held at the epicenter of one of the world's most
intolerant states. Hitler had only allowed members of the
Aryan race to participate for Germany, led by the belief that
all others were inferior.
The Allied nations of World War II had their say on the
matter when Jesse Owens confronted with Hitler.
His performance in Berlin that year was one for the ages,
winning four gold medals in the 100 meter relay, 200 meter
relay, long jump and 4×100 meter relay.

5.  1968 Summer Olympics
After a win in the 200 meter relay
at the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico
City, Tommie Smith, along with
fellow teammate Josh Carlos, who
won the bronze, had their voices heard
without uttering a word.
The two sprinters bowed their heads and raised their hands on the
winners'
podium with gloves on, a salute to black power at a time in America
when it was
needed.
Following the demonstration, Smith said in the press conference,
“If I win, I am
American, not a black American. But if I did something bad, then
they would say I
am a Negro.We are black and we are proud of being black. Black
America will understand what we did tonight.”

6.  AC Milan's Players Quit A Match
In soccer, players have never been shy
about being vocal in regards to the racial
taunts they faced from crowds, but few
had ever gone to the lengths that Ghanian
star Kevin Prince-Boateng did in January 2013.
After being heckled by opposition fans in a friendly
match against an Italian fourth division side, the then
AC Milan midfielder picked up the ball and kicked it
towards the crowds, before taking off his jersey and
leaving the game altogether.
His unprecedented move was backed by his
teammates, who followed him into the locker room in
a show of support after their efforts to calm him down
were futile.
“We were annoyed from the beginning,” said
Massimo Ambrosini, then AC Milan's captain. “We
wanted to give a strong signal. We could not continue

7. Athletes fighting racism
 Colin Kaepernick
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick
unapologetically protested the lack of
action being taken by U.S. lawmakers to
end police brutality against African-
Americans when he refused to stand for
the singing of the National Anthem at a
pre-season NFL game in 2016.
• Muhammad Ali
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali was as known
for his outspoken pride in his African-American
heritage as he was for his many achievements as a
professional fighter. In the 1960s, Ali was a
prominent public figure in the Civil Rights
Movement, who often used his platform to speak
out against white supremacy and spread a
message of unapologetic pride among Black

8. Jackie Robinson
 Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo,
Georgia in 1919 and was the youngest of five
children. It was here Jackie began to excel at
many sports, especially baseball.
 After serving in the military, Jackie joined
the Kansas City Monarchs of the American
Negro Leagues and excelled with elite fielding
and a batting average above 300. Although
Jackie was playing well, he did not like
competing in a racially segregated league that
was put in place by the Jim Crow
laws. Branch Rickey, president of
the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed Jackie to the
Montreal Royals in 1946, which was an all
white minor league team. He faced lots of
adversity with racist comments from his own
team members and especially during away

9. Tiger Woods
 Only a few minority players, such as Tiger
Woods, have dominated professional golf.
Woods is of African American and Asian-
American descent. With 83 percent of golf
participants being white, a white majority
dominates golf. Tiger Woods, a multiracial
individual, has the second most major wins of
any individual in golf's history with 14. His
excellence was well recognized as he became
one of the most marketable players in the
world. Woods helped tear down the imposing
racial discrepancies in golf by not only
competing with golf's current best but also by
challenging other accomplished golfers for
being the best of all time. In 1997, Woods
became the first black player to win a Men's
major golf championship at just 21 years of
age.

10.  Seimone Augustus
WNBA star Seimone Augustus was
among the league's players who took a
bold stand in support of ending police
brutality against African-Americans by
wearing "Black Lives Matter" t-shirts
during pre-game warm ups and post-
game press conferences.
• Serena Williams
Tennis champion Serena Williams has been the
epitome of Black pride and greatness since she first
began competing professionally over 20 years ago.
When she raised a Black Power fist after making
history by winning her 22nd Grand Slam at
Wimbledon this past June, it was a not-so-subtle
reminder of just how woke she is -- for anyone who
may have forgotten. Bibliography:
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http://elitedaily.com/sports/awesome-moments-history-athletes-stood-racism/

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By : Paula Chiriac
Lucia-Maria Ionescu
Alina-Andreea Mocanu