Diversityin sports

Diversity in Sports#CuseDiversity

Overview• We decided to focus on diversity within

sports, specifically using interview subjects from Syracuse University athletics

• We made a blog to highlight some of our individual stories and raise awareness about diversity issues in sports

• We also incorporated social media with a blog and hashtag #CuseDiversity

Goals• Raise awareness about diversity in sports • Acknowledge issues athletes face on their

sports teams and how they are perceived through the media

• Look into stereotypes of college athletes and why they have formed

• Put an end to diversity issues in sports

Issues• Finding participants- privacy issues with

collegiate athletes/public figures • Making sure we covered a wide range of

issues & types of athletes (gender, racial, class)• Bringing about awareness of our blog &

Twitter pages (getting followers)

#37 Drew JenkinsSyracuse Lacrosse Midfielder

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What makes him diverse?• African American • Middle class from New Jersey• Sport has a history of primarily white, upper class players

Sometimes on my club team kids would make comments like ‘oh, you must be fast’ and things

like that. I knew they were just ignorant.

@Bushido_Brown37

#75 Zack ChibaneSyracuse Football Offensive Guard

What makes him diverse?• Father is originally from Algeria• Extended family (father’s side) lives in Algeria• Father is Muslim• Zack shares the same faith

If you look at me you think I’m just a regular, white, Christian kid who’s Irish or German or something. “ ”

@Bane_75

International athletes at Syracuse

Syracuse volleyball• Where are they from?

- Canada, Uzbekistan, Poland, Lithuania and Russia

- Plus a history of Chinese athletesSyracuse soccer

• Where are they from?- Canada, New Zealand, Germany and

Switzerland

Why is this?

Contemporary Media Examples

#NinjaPlease racial hashtag by Warrior Lacrosse

VCU women’s volleyball coach believes he was fired because he is ‘gay’

Colorado football coach believes race could play a part in the reason for his dismissal

How We Can Help

• Raise awareness• Get others talking• Form an outlet for athletes to discuss issues • What we did:

• Diversity in sports blog• Diversity in SU athletics Twitter account/hashtag

Diversity in Sports Blog

• http://diversityinsports.wordpress.com/– Profiles on athletes (specifically at SU)– Post about contemporary media examples – Allows users to comment on our posts/engage

with us – Linked to our Twitter

Cuse Diversity Twitter Page

• https://twitter.com/CuseDiversity– Updates our followers on blog/links to blog– Allows followers to discuss our topics via the

hashtag #cusediversity – Allows Cuse Diversity to interact with other

diversity in sports organizations

Any Questions??