Many fans use football as an escape from their everyday struggles. They clear their minds with pure spectacle, find awe in players’ varying levels of mastery and develop comfort in club comradery and allegiance. For fans, football is a means to achieve relaxation, joy, solace and excitement. But for many non-white players, football is often… Read More »
Last week in discussion, we talked about the way that biases can affect how soccer players are used on the field and how they are viewed by both managers and spectators. “African Soccerscapes” by Peter Alegi pointed out that African players in European leagues are disproportionately used as strikers or in wide positions, often seen… Read More »
En “The Country of Football”, Roger Kittleson nos habla sobre el desarrollo y aspiraciones que Brasil tenía en la época de 1950, cuales se acompañaron con los decepcionantes resultados del equipo de fútbol brasileño. Después del “Maracanaço” de 1950 que los brasileños aún recuerdan hoy en día, se esperaba que el equipo por fin consiguiera… Read More »
In a Brazilian culture where dark skinned Afro-Brazilians were “less than” the lighter skinned members of their society, they sought to move upwards and gain recognition, respect, and a sense of national identity. The best way to do this? Through football. The Afro-Brazilians thrived on the football field because they learned how to play in… Read More »
Avec notre lecture « Country of Football » par Roger Kittleson, et notre discussion aujourd’hui sur les chants au stade, nous avons exploré le rôle du racisme au football. En Brésil, par exemple, les immigrants et les personnes de couleur étaient initialement exclus de jouer pour certaines équipes. Au début, pendant le 1930s, l’équipe national brésilien était… Read More »
El racismo en el deporte del fútbol, en los escenarios nacionales e internacionales, ha sido frecuente desde el comienzo de este deporte. Como se discutió previamente, en este blog y en el clase, deportes reflejan las características de la sociedad en que se están jugando, incluyendo la política, las calles y todos los sentimientos sociales.… Read More »
Cette semaine, nous commençons notre lecture de l’autobiographie de Lilian Thuram, 8 juillet 1998. Dans la première partie du livre, Thuram raconte ses expériences en tant que jeune immigré guadeloupéen en France. Il décrit la cité des Fougères, une banlieue française dans laquelle il a grandi à partir de l’âge de 9 ans. Il la… Read More »
Guest post by DeVon Thompson My name is DeVon, I am a soccer fan, a player and a hip-hop writer and blogger. I grew up in suburban America, a black girl who turned soccer at recess into a full-fledged childhood career with a local rec team. I was the quintessential suburban American soccer story, and… Read More »
In the past three days, the soccer world has been flooded with terrifying stories of soccer-related bombings, Nazi chants, and even an attempted choking on an airplane. Although I haven’t been following the sport of soccer for very long, this burst of soccer-related violence and hate is both unexpected and depressing. But if anything, these recent events of violence… Read More »
Written by Nick Kachulis, Paige Newhouse and Thamina Stoll Preface: When we started discussing the role of migration and race issues in German soccer about a week ago, we had absolutely not anticipated that this topic would become so relevant to the Duke community a couple of days later. Due to shocking recent events that took place… Read More »
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