Racism in Sport
...e other divisions. Coaching or managing positions also hint that racism may be a factor. African American coaches and managers are often overlooked for positions that are also being applied for by whites. Major League Baseball is the worst with this discrimination. There are less than five African American managers in the league when there are probably just as many equally qualified African American managers as there are white managers. Sportsmanship is similar to corporate business in that it should be fair for everyone, no matter what their skin color may be, but sometimes it doesn’t happen the way that it should. Part of Jackie Robinson’s dream was for equal opportunities in ownership and management level positions in sports for everyone. This dream should be the standard for hiring and sometimes it is not and that is when it looks like racism although it is tough to prove. The ethics of hiring someone is the last piece to what shows that it could be racism in business. When selecting a candidate for a job, no matter what the job is, the most qualified person should get it. Rich McKay hired Tony Dungee because he was the most qualified man for the job of football coach. That is what should happen every time. Skin color should not be a factor and yet it is. For instance, white agents play the race card by saying that they can do more for athletes because of the public’s view that they would rather buy from a white man than an African American man. This must change, but the only way it can is if it changes in our hearts and our minds. Discrimination will be hard to improve, but I feel we will be able to change it given something happens that makes it so. Racial fairness should be address in the international world of business, and especially in the world of sports. I believe this is necessary because racism should not be an issue when deciding who the right person for a job should be. The regulators...