Racism In Football Research Paper

Topic Area: Racism in Football (Soccer)

Football or Soccer is a sport which is played worldwide and is very popular in all ages of people and everyone regardless of their cultural backgrounds. It is controlled by an International body known as FIFA. My topic is Racism in football which is a very popular and important cause in today's date. All of the associations around the world which control football and everything related to it are introducing the best strategies that they can to get rid of racism from this beautiful game. My research is going to address about the level, effects, reasons and information and incidents which the victims had to face due to this discrimination that they had to deal with. Racism is not something new in football, it has been there in the sport since a really long time and initiatives taken to resolve this problem have

My topic racism in football comes under the major problem faced by the society of racism. I chose this topic because it shows how the beauty of such a wonderful game is destroyed by such meaningless acts of discriminating people. People are always hesitant to mix up with the people different from them. For example a person from the background of Indian culture would prefer to be friends with other Indian people rather than say "Russian" people because that is what makes him/her feel more comfortable and this is the core reason why racism arises. All the people in our society have at some point faced this discrimination. I have researched on this topic by reading some of the articles such as "Race, ethnicity and football: persisting debates and emergent issues", "Fans, Racism and British Football in the Twenty-First Century: The Existence of a ‘Colour-Blind’ Ideology" and " Old and New Forms of Racial Bias in Mediated Sports Commentary: The Case of the National Football League