White Athletes Sports Participation

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Since the start of sports in America only white athletes were allowed to participate in sports such as football, baseball, basketball, soccer, field hockey, softball etc. Around the 1950's that all changed when Jackie Robinson became the first black man to enter the baseball field and help make a path for black athletes all over the world to enter white dominated sports. 

In present day sports both basketball and football are dominated by black athletes. They fill 80% of the NBA roster and 67% of the NFL roster. It's not that white athletes in these sports aren't good, but they aren't trying out for the sport in high school or college where they will get noticed by scouts. 


In one survey taken at a high school 40% of the black students played basketball while only 15% are white. The same trend is seen isn football where 21% are black and 15% are white. This decline in white participation in sports is because white kids feel as though they cannot compete with their black athlete teammates. 

34% of white male athletes agreed with the quote below.
"African-American players have become so dominate in sports like football and basketball that many white athletes feel they cannot compete at the same level." - Vault

Whites simply believe that black athletes are more aggressive, bigger, and stronger in their respective sports.  As a result of this thinking they are choosing other sports to participate in where they think they can do well or excel in. Baseball is still white dominate with 63% of the roster. Ice hockey is about 98% white athletes.

White athletes are are straying from sports which they know they can't get far in or just simply don't want to work hard enough in.


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  1. Zaria GreeneApril 4, 2019 at 5:19 AM

    Nice article! I really loved the use of statistics. I never knew any of this!

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