Darwins Athletes: Sports Ethnicity

Sports in African American culture plays a pivotal role in young kids growing up.  Sports displays a lifestyle that young kids want to live especially being able to play their favorite sport while getting paid for it.  Young African American kids see playing sports as a way out of the poor neighborhoods they live in and want to provide for their family.  In the movie hoop dreams it displays two african american kids who have the desire into making it out of their bad city of Chicago and make it into the NBA.  As they go through many struggles that most african american kids in America have to go through, it shows how are it is to make it to college and pros while battles all sorts of obstacles.  In the movie The Blind Side, it shows a guy named Michael Oher in which he battled his mom nor dad being in his life and even being homeless.  He overcame those obstacles as he was taken in by a white family who helped him live up to his full potential.  As he worked really hard in the classroom and on the football field, he excel and was drafted into the NFL.  I don't believe sports damages black american as it gives them a reason to strive to do something with their life as they need to stay off the streets.  Although not everyone makes it to the Pros, it will help young black americans to overcome all obstacles that are set before them in our society.