Athlete Activism All About Men, Apparently

(37 Words) A new Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change at San Jose State University launched yesterday, but media coverage of the kick-off event gives the impression that only men are athletes and activists. A featured panel of “leaders and legends” in sports was all men, a slap that stings extra in 2017, the 45th anniversary of Title IX.

The half-day program focused on activism against racism, which was wonderful (though a bit confusing at first, since nothing in the Institute’s name or description suggested limiting the topic of Social Change to race issues). The program did include an earlier panel that was half men and half women, but the second panel — the one that got covered by the Associated Press and the San Francisco Chronicle — kicked women off the team. Why?

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January 26, 2017