How Race Affects Participation In Research
Research Project
How Race effects participation In Cricket
This project will explore the impact race has on competitive male club cricket. Race is defined as: “A concept which signifies and symbolizes social conflicts and interests by referring to different types of human bodies”.
Racial groups in society are based on certain biological or cultural characteristics, which are labelled as inferior by dominant groups in society. Races are often singled out for differential and unfair treatment. It is not the biological characteristics that define racial groups, but how groups have been treated historically and socially. Society assigns people to racial categories (White, …show more content…
This outlook on cricket explores race relations and discusses the impact on cricket participation. The journal identifies the past issues, whereby ‘white’ cricket clubs have felt superior to other ethnicities participating in cricket. Furthermore, the increase in Asian participation has links to stereotyping where ‘white’ clubs have preferred not to play with Asian clubs; there has been harmony in participating together. This stereotype is based upon identity and historical influences. The above article can also be associated with the integrationist theory, as it explores the outcome of different races participating in cricket together and recognises the outcome effect on participation. Moreover the article ‘Cricket, Race and the 2007 World Cup’, explores social inequalities in sports. Specifically it discovers the implications for racial differences currently affecting cricket. It recognises race through identification of what racial backgrounds are participating in cricket, repercussions and trends such as stereotyping with race and cricket participation. This emphasises is represented through incidents which have occurred in professional cricket. For example the Bangladesh cricket team first began …show more content…
and Marjoribanks, T. (2006). Representing Australia : Race, the media and cricket. Journal of Sociology , 2 (25), pp.21-41.
Gemmell, J. (2007). Cricket, Race and the 2007 World Cup. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, 10 (1), pp.1-10.
Green, K. (2010). Key Themes in Youth Sport. New York : Routledge, pp.56-57.
Hylton, K. (2010). How a turn to critical race theory can contribute to our understanding of 'race ', racism and anti-racism in sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 45 (3), pp.335–354.
Long, J. (2000). No racism here? A preliminary examination of sporting innocence. Managing Leisure , 5 (3), pp.121-133.
Long, J. and Mcnamee, M. (2004). On the Moral Economy of Racism and Racist rationalizations in Sport’. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 39 (4), pp.405-420.
Malcolm, D. (1997). Stacking in Cricket: A Figurational Sociological. Sociology of Sport Journal, 14 (3), pp.263-282.
Sleap, M. (1998). Social Issues in Sport. Basingstoke: MacMillan Press LTD, pp.100,& 107-119.
Smith, E. (2010). Sociology of Sport and Social Theory. Leeds: Human Kinetics, pp.95-96.
Williams, J. (2000). Asians cricket and Ethnic Relations in north England. Sporting Tradition, 16 (2),
How Race effects participation In Cricket
This project will explore the impact race has on competitive male club cricket. Race is defined as: “A concept which signifies and symbolizes social conflicts and interests by referring to different types of human bodies”.
Racial groups in society are based on certain biological or cultural characteristics, which are labelled as inferior by dominant groups in society. Races are often singled out for differential and unfair treatment. It is not the biological characteristics that define racial groups, but how groups have been treated historically and socially. Society assigns people to racial categories (White, …show more content…
This outlook on cricket explores race relations and discusses the impact on cricket participation. The journal identifies the past issues, whereby ‘white’ cricket clubs have felt superior to other ethnicities participating in cricket. Furthermore, the increase in Asian participation has links to stereotyping where ‘white’ clubs have preferred not to play with Asian clubs; there has been harmony in participating together. This stereotype is based upon identity and historical influences. The above article can also be associated with the integrationist theory, as it explores the outcome of different races participating in cricket together and recognises the outcome effect on participation. Moreover the article ‘Cricket, Race and the 2007 World Cup’, explores social inequalities in sports. Specifically it discovers the implications for racial differences currently affecting cricket. It recognises race through identification of what racial backgrounds are participating in cricket, repercussions and trends such as stereotyping with race and cricket participation. This emphasises is represented through incidents which have occurred in professional cricket. For example the Bangladesh cricket team first began …show more content…
and Marjoribanks, T. (2006). Representing Australia : Race, the media and cricket. Journal of Sociology , 2 (25), pp.21-41.
Gemmell, J. (2007). Cricket, Race and the 2007 World Cup. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, 10 (1), pp.1-10.
Green, K. (2010). Key Themes in Youth Sport. New York : Routledge, pp.56-57.
Hylton, K. (2010). How a turn to critical race theory can contribute to our understanding of 'race ', racism and anti-racism in sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 45 (3), pp.335–354.
Long, J. (2000). No racism here? A preliminary examination of sporting innocence. Managing Leisure , 5 (3), pp.121-133.
Long, J. and Mcnamee, M. (2004). On the Moral Economy of Racism and Racist rationalizations in Sport’. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 39 (4), pp.405-420.
Malcolm, D. (1997). Stacking in Cricket: A Figurational Sociological. Sociology of Sport Journal, 14 (3), pp.263-282.
Sleap, M. (1998). Social Issues in Sport. Basingstoke: MacMillan Press LTD, pp.100,& 107-119.
Smith, E. (2010). Sociology of Sport and Social Theory. Leeds: Human Kinetics, pp.95-96.
Williams, J. (2000). Asians cricket and Ethnic Relations in north England. Sporting Tradition, 16 (2),