The recent news surrounding the Dolphins’ Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognitohas, for obvious reasons, brought issues of bullying and racism to the forefront of sports talk. In America, where the NFL (66.3% black) and NBA (76.3% black) dominate our television screens and many of our most celebrated athletes are people of color; it is sometimes easy to forget that racist sentiments permeate sports—but they do. Unfortunately, racism often becomes clear when sports are played on an international level, like the Olympics and World Cup. Remember the Lithuanians who threw racist taunts at the Nigerian basketball players in the London games? And have you been keeping up with the debate about the 2018 World Cup in Russia? While most of the discussions about racism and sports typically involve male athletes, female women of color are not insulated from racism in sports. While there are overt instances of racism, lik...
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