Module 3 - Sport, Social Movements, and Social Change Flashcards
What are the two types of activism in sports?
- Intended to change conditions within sport
- Sport used as a forum to bring attention to a broader social and environmental concerns
What are some of the things sports activists protest?
- Ban inappropriate mascots and team names
- Against public funding of sports stadia
- Environmental Activism
- Mega event protest
- Civil Rights movement
- Gender Equality
How did Miami Heat Protest?
Team Hoodies and Heads Bowed
- Attention to Trayvon Martin Shooting in 2012
How did the Phoenix Suns Protest?
Los Suns Jersey
- Concerns about Arizona Immigration laws
- Racial Profiling of Hispanics
How did Megan Rapinoe Protest?
- Kneeling for National Anthem
How did WNBA players protest?
New York Liberty
- Support #BlackLivesMatter movement
What are the four ways to neutralize a protest?
- Trivialization
- Moral Panic
- Coercion
- Incorporation
What does it mean to trivialize a protest?
- Deflect or minimize the seriousness of threat
What does it mean to create moral panic around a protest?
- Exaggerate threat, leads to regulation
What does it mean to use coercion against a protest?
- Disallow it, stop by force
What does it mean to use incorporation to fight a protest?
- “incorporate” the oppositional into mainstream culture
What is the definition of an Activist?
- A person Who acts strategically to create a more just society
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What is the definition of a social movement?
- ## Collective Challenges, based on common purposes and social solidarities
What is the definition of politics?
- Processes through which power is gained and used in social life
What is a social movement organization?
- Complex or formal organization which identifies its goals with the preferences of a social movement
