Monday, 22 October 2012

Wow of the week - 22.10 - Racism in football

Dear all
 
This week the WOW of the week questions the problem of Racism in Football.
 
It might be worth starting with a discussion about what Racism and Discrimination means. Have any students seen it in sport?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/19974394 - news report on the racial incident in England's under 21 game last week.
Discuss - is Football a more racist sport than others? How do we know? Why might we think it is?
What is being done to stop racism in football?

http://www.kickitout.org/ - the official website to get rid of racism in football.
Explore the web page and the various campaigns.
 
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20001544- Rio Ferdinand's decision not to wear a 'kick it out' T shirt.
Discuss - Was Rio F right to decide not to wear the T-shirt? Should he be disciplined or is he making a valid point?
 
Does it shock you that in today's world racist attacks and events like occur in big sporting events televised around the world?
 
 

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