Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Toronto Star
25 Sep 2017
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Kinesiology 2250a social foundations of sport and physical activity. Institutionalized racism: a racist circumstance without anybody necessarily consciously expressing racist opinions, case 6: ouch, i am bleeding. It stands out against black skin: band-aids are meant to match the skin colour of white skin, there is a racializing effect here, sociologically speaking band-aids are technically racist not skin colour neutral. Whitestream sport: the normal remains un(re)marked, only extraordinary sports skills of non-whites require" a genetic explanation, whiteness is the norm, the norm is normal", no explanation required. Implicit race-oriented assumption about what is normal" and what. Deviates": genetics or geography, scientists debated in 2008 whether jamaican"s were good at sprinting and. Geography: what needs to be explained, white winners: social and cultural factors, win because of training regime and cultural factors, black winners: biological factors, win because blacks are natural born athletes.
