sports Flashcards
1
Q
how are modern sports a mediated spectacle?
A
-games are televised, players are interviewed, shows exist to talk about teams and games and players
2
Q
research found that sports media frames black athletes as being naturally athletic. T/F
A
true
3
Q
why was the 1936 berlin olympics important?
A
-hitler used the olympics as a platform to demonstrate superiority of aryan race and inferiority of african descent
4
Q
why was the 1968 mexico city olympics important?
A
-tommie smith and john carlos protest during the national anthem after medaling in the 200m sprint
-protesting discrimination against african americans in the US
5
Q
in the Serwer reading, why isn’t kaepernick a victim of racial oppression?
A
1)he’s rich
2) adopted and raised by white people
3) not 100% black
