TheStaff is a platform x community sharing personal perspectives on sports, and fighting for diversity, equity and inclusion
TheStaff is a platform x community sharing personal perspectives on sports, and fighting for diversity, equity and inclusion
"Inclusion is about making everyone feel accommodated and wanted because sometimes it is not that some people do not want to associate with us, but because we do not allow them the space to be around us"
"The win was not the only thing worth celebrated, the players made amazing milestones that will down the history books. At the age of 21, Laura Woolvaardt became the youngest South African to reach 2000 ODI runs"
Recent social media abuse on footballers such as Lauren and Reece James, Marcus Rashford, Axel Tuanzebe among many others had me thinking about how sports fans view athletes and how society treats historically oppressed groups. I thought about how we can only eliminate discrimination by letting go of old beliefs and unrealistic expectations.
I don't believe the is a linear method to achieving diversity, equity and inclusion, so this is not a criticism of the frameworks in place at all. But, I do believe that the application of the framework can be improved. Diversify where you have quotas, chiefly lower down the pipeline, ensuring that there's a demographic balance coming through the pipeline. Not just the playing squad, but in the support structures too, from the boardroom to the on-field support.
"Sport has the ability to set the precedent for gender and racial equality in all aspects of society. Women find their confidence and community when participating in sports. Society has progressed beyond women only being defined by their sexual value. At the same time, masculinity is evolving beyond proving manhood through physicality"
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