Posted on 07/09/2021 11:19:35 AM PDT by simpson96
(CNN)As the world's top athletes head into the Tokyo Olympics, a wave of penalizations and criticism are shedding light onto how Black women in sports are treated.
In recent weeks, the governing body for aquatic sports refused to approve the use of a swimming cap designed to accommodate natural Black hair during international competitions. A US Olympic hammer thrower was also criticized for protesting during the playing of the national anthem and two Namibian sprinters were ruled ineligible to compete in a race due to naturally high testosterone levels.
Those incidents, experts say, show how sports policies don't necessarily take into account athletes of color and the dehumanization that Black women and girls experience.
Policies and procedures associated with sporting events, including the Olympics are often seen as "race neutral," said Lori L. Martin, a sociology professor at Louisiana State University who studies race and education through a sports lens.
But those can impact people differently depending on their race and gender, Martin says, like in the case of the swim caps.
Swim caps designed for natural Black hair not allowed Days after British swimmer Alice Dearing became the first Black woman to qualify to represent Great Britain in the open-water marathon, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) refused to approve the use of the caps designed for swimmers with "thick, curly, and voluminous hair" in international competitions. The caps maker, Soul Cap, was told that their caps do not "follow the natural form of the head," the company told the BBC. FINA has since then said its "reviewing" the decision, "understanding the importance of inclusivity and representation."
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Swimming pools have been historically linked to racial disparities in America.
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So this article is about trannies?
Those are men, baby.
Maybe if you stop looking and acting like idiots you wouldn’t be “criticized”
Protest girl can pound sand.
Testosterone girl is juicing.
Hair girl should shave her head like many other swimmers do.
But blacks can do whatever they want because racism, right.
Ladies look like Dudes.
it is not because they are black, but because they bring attitude. it is always about the attitude.
“Swimming pools have been historically linked to racial disparities in America.”
So swimming pools are racist. So are swim caps.
It sure looks like it.
The Olympics need to stop requiring blacks to actually compete in sports they generally suck at, like swimming. Just let whitey and the orientals compete, then present the medals to any blacks who might be identifying as swimmers that day. Anything short of this policy is Olympic Racism.
Those folks look like they are in Drag, especially #2.
Oiy.
Yes, it is unfair to wear a dorsal fin on your head in a swimming race.
All propaganda all the time.
Or perhaps the priority of non-black athletes (and black athletes who are genuine competitors) is to win a competition, NOT take a hit off a joint while in the season of competition, or regard the fashion of their hair as a secondary item to winning.
It's all so racist.
How do they know it's NATURALLY high? How do they know it's not juicing?
Budding Mrs Doubtfires
There are no black swimmers. This is nonsense
Stupid premise. I don’t like the white woman soccer players.
I’ll save you time. Black women who don’t follow rules are discriminated against. White people suck and black women are the best people in the whole world.
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