Friday, October 2, 2015

Is Chivas USA a Racist Soccer Team?

Chivas USA is a soccer team in the major leagues that is exclusively made of all Mexicans. They want to go back to their roots as the coach says and support their LA based community that are primarily Mexican. A debate has popped up now that the Chivas USA team is a racist team and discriminate towards whites. Many complain and this is similar to when we watched the documentary on White privilege. Just like the team whites thought that scholarships were being unjust and not giving them an advantage unlike the others. However statistically we see a much different image. White scholarship applicants actually have 40% more likelihood to receive a scholarship than the other races. I believe this is the way we also have to treat the issue with this team. Even though they are exclusively all of Mexican descent more than half the soccer community is white. We have to dig deeper before claiming that something is being racist or discriminatory.

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