STHM 1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Violet Palmer, National Basketball Association, Colin Kaepernick
7 May 2018
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• The Grand Canyon Skywalk
o Hualapai reservation 3 hours from Las Vegas
o Has 2,100 members; almost 50% unemployment.
o Skywalk has positive leisure impact
▪ Leisure accounts for almost 70% of revenue on the reservation
o Insulting to Hualapai traditionalists
o People not happy in this form– ruining the landscape; tourist trap
o Trying to remove deficiencies in power relations
• Violet Palmer and Sarah Thomas
o Violet Palmer
▪ First female to referee major sport in US history
▪ Supposed to referee in NCAA tourney in 1996, but offer was rescinded
▪ October 31, 1997 officiated game between Grizzlies and Mavericks
▪ Faced criticism from numerous players
▪ Officiated in 919 NBA games; Retired Sept. 2016
o Sarah Thomas
▪ Began in 2007 officiating grade school and high school games
▪ First woman to officiate major college football game and bowl game
▪ First regular season game officiating occurred on September 13, 2015 –
Chiefs vs. Texans
• Current Social Justice – NFL Anthem Protests
o Colin Kaepernick
o Kneeling during the National Anthem
o Doing so to address the inequality faced by minorities in America
o Growing in support
o In the NFL and in other sports
o Some see this as disrespectful to the country
o Others see this as a necessary action to promote change
o Sport Social Justice is more about raising awareness and promoting discussion
• Curret Issues Cotiued…
o Women's Education
▪ In America, Men and Women receive about equal education, with
women having slightly higher rates
▪ However Globally this is not the case
• 2/3 of illiterate people in the world are women
• I deelopig coutries oe dot receie educatio for
several reasons:
o Poverty, Travel, Traditional Values
▪ How does this Impact Tourism/Hospitality?
• What it Takes to Leisure
o There has to be time – ee ith so called siple social systes/ priitie.
▪ May not be differentiated, but must be able to free yourself from work
o Strong economic base
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