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Flowers, associate professor of sport management at Texas Southern University. Factors like income contribute to a racial clustering phenomenon where women of color are overrepresented in sports like track and field that have a lower entry cost, said Courtney L. Census Bureau, median household income in 2020 for white, non-Hispanic families was $74,912 compared to $55,321 for Hispanic families and $45,870 for Black families.

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“She had no idea what softball was.”Īccording to the U.S. Natasha, your story sounds amazing, but what is softball?’” Watley said. “This one young girl I’ll never forget - a young little African American girl, she raises her hand and she’s like, ‘Ms. She did not have a Black teammate until she was a teenager and said there were so few girls of color who played with her and went on to college teams that she could count them on one hand.Īfter the UCLA graduate returned from the 2008 Olympics, Watley recalled speaking to young girls about her experience. Natasha Watley, a Black woman who is a two-time Olympic medalist in softball, started playing when she was 5.

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"Whenever systemic racism occurs in the broader society, in addition to gender discrimination, it’s reflected in the sport ecosystem.”Īn early barrier to pursuing athletic opportunities in college and beyond is as simple as exposure to the sport. “We say very often that sport is a microcosm of society," said Karen Issokson-Silver, vice president of research and education at the Women’s Sports Foundation. Nearly 3.5 million high school girls play sports, compared to less than 300,000 in 1972.įor Black women and other women of color in sports, those gains have not been equally shared, reflecting the limitations of a policy that only addresses equity on the basis of sex and gender. Women now make up 44% of all NCAA athletes, compared to just 15% in 1971, according to the Women's Sports Foundation. Thursday is the 50th anniversary of Title IX and in the years since the landmark law was passed, profound strides have been made in women and girls' participation in sports. The reasons vary, though availability and costs can be major challenges for youth programs. Title IX was a complete help for women in sports but in my mind, there were still disparities.”įor girls of color, some women's college sports, such as lacrosse, equestrian, rowing or even softball, are ones they are unlikely to be exposed to in grade school.

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"And that was - that was the reality that I had to face. “That was very, very disturbing to me to see that," she said. And when high school athletes were welcomed on the university's fields for training camps, most were white and from predominantly white suburban schools. Once Tina Sloan Green took over the lacrosse program at Temple University in the years after the passage of Title IX, the landmark gender-equity law, she never stopped thinking about the girls who weren't playing.Īt practices during the 1970s, Sloan Green, the first Black woman to coach a college lacrosse team, noticed neighborhood kids peering through the fences at her players as guards kept them out. By ANNIE MA and CLIFF BRUNT Associated Press Published: 22 June 2022









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