Monday, April 11, 2016
Fair Treatment and Discrimination in Sports
As I begin my research on the topic of racial barriers in sports, I thought that I would start by using a credible source such as Credo Reference to give me an idea of where my research should be headed. From this article, I found many interesting and different spinoffs regarding my topic that made me think in a lot of different directions. I decided that in order to go anywhere I needed to get some definitions on the topic so that I knew I was looking at the right ideas for this topic.
So, the first item that I looked up was Fair treatment in Sports. This basically means that it occurs when there are equitable resources and opportunities for all participants, regardless of social group membership (e.g., gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and social class). Unfair treatment in sport, in society as a whole, often comes from prejudices such as racism, sexism, and classism. By knowing this, I then can know that stereotypes and negative attitudes are the major roadblocks to sporting achievement, not lack of ability. With this, I found that I wanted to focus my research around these topics and break it down.
This article mainly talked about the social prejudices in sports and how not only is race an issue, but so are gender and religious aspects as well. This is giving me a solid start to go off of for looking at not only the racial side, but how the opportunity of the athlete to even be able play a sport is an issue too to be solved. With this research now under my belt, I feel that I can keep looking at other sources to find more in depth info on these topics.
As I picked this website, I evaluated it on how credible it was for me to discuss. I knew that it was trustworthy to use because it was coming from Credo Reference, which is a part of my library database system for research topics. On that note, I knew that it could be used because it was linked to my university in which I put my trust in. The important factor for me that set it apart form other research sites was that at the bottom of the web page, there were further readings and articles that I could go to if I wanted to read up on a particular topic more. Additionally, at the very bottom of the page, the sources are cited in Chicago, MLA, APA and Harvard styles to give you the citations in many different formats. This itself showed a lot of credibility because it shows they want to make sure people cite their source correctly and properly. Also, I know that the authors each have credibility because they each give their name at the bottom and a website to follow up with where you can find additional work of theirs, which shows they are truly scholarly writers and not just someone trying to make a profit off of the website. Going along with this, I know that the text's purpose is to inform and educate the audience regarding this topic. They do this well by not only breaking down into categories, but also showing a chart with the definitions to all of the keywords you may want to know when doing your research. This also helps in conveying their tone as an author as trustworthy because they are not giving you some random facts, but they are breaking it down into researchable topics for you to assist you on your way. This is important to note because it shows how they want your research to be a success and they are there to give you useful info to do so.
Further info can be found at: http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/estappliedpsyc/fair_treatment_and_discrimination_in_sport/0?searchId=f0be729c-0ab5-11e6-9b6f-0a80f32943a1&result=4
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