"Using one aspect of inclusion discussed in the seminar sessions, analyse and discuss the extent to which this perspective has developed entitlement and accessibility to sport for that specific group."

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“Using one aspect of inclusion discussed in the seminar sessions, analyse and discuss the extent to which this perspective has developed entitlement and accessibility to sport for that specific group.”

The aspect of inclusion that I shall be looking at is race in sport. I shall look at how the different races of the world are affected by sport and how they are included in sport. Throughout sport there has always been an issue of race throughout the sport. The issue of racism has affected all sports and is a major issue that is slowly being taken out of all sports. When we look at the race through sport it normally brings the thought of black people and also associated with the male gender. So looking at the inclusion of races in sport it will be of all races black, Asian or oriental it will involve both male and female a like so that these are not overlooked (Birrell,1989). You can not look at racism and only think of one race it involves every race you can think of. We can look at the racism that has been involved in sport in amazement at how far the world of sport has come. An example being in America the national baseball league in 1867 banned all black players from the league; this was not changed until 1946 when for the first time in 76 years a black player would play in the major leagues again (Parry and Parry, 1991). You can compare this with there now being 10% of the total players being black and 36% being of a different race other than white. So we can see the improvements that are coming along through sports and how they are trying to include the different races (Wikipedia, 2007).

 Sport body’s have been working in trying to eliminate racism from there sports so that it can become more widely viewed and played by all cultures. A great example of different governing body’s making the effort to incorporate the inclusion of different races into sport, is the football governing body that set up campaigns such as ‘Kick it Out!’. These campaigns are deigned to influence the supporters and maybe other people involved in the sport to stop racisms (Kick it out, 1998). There is also the anti racist campaign run by the cricket governing body called ‘hit racism for six’, this shows that there is more than one sport trying to get rid of racism in sport. Initiatives such as this need to be developed for all of the sports so that we can get a pool of all the best players.

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When trying to increase the inclusion of different races taking part in sport we must look at how we are including all races in our P.E programs. If you look at the different religions and how they can effect the inclusion of different races trying to take part in physical education. This can especially affect Muslim race and there taking part in physical education. Evidence of this is shown in a study taken by Carroll and Hollinshead (1993) which interviewed different Muslim communities attending a local secondary school. When the study was taken it seemed the school was ...

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