Discrimination in Danish organised grassroots football: Gender, ethnicity, and sexuality
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Discrimination in Danish organised grassroots football : Gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. / Bennike, Søren; Schelde, Nikolaj; Evans, Adam B.
Social Issues in Sport, Leisure, and Health. red. / Sine Agergaard; David Karen. 1. udg. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2023. s. 40-55.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Discrimination in Danish organised grassroots football
T2 - Gender, ethnicity, and sexuality
AU - Bennike, Søren
AU - Schelde, Nikolaj
AU - Evans, Adam B.
N1 - CURIS 2024 NEXS 001
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Thirty-one-year-old grassroots football player Yasser Al-Hamad has experienced being called “monkey” and being told to “bug off to his home country” by opponents when attempting to provoke him in football matches. Similar discriminatory practices directed at others with non-normative identities in Danish organised grassroots football, including women and non-heterosexuals, are present. The personal narratives of Yasser and others can be understood as “personal troubles”, but they reflect more general tendencies that can be examined as public issues paying attention to experiences and attitudes towards gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. This chapter examines the interdependence between individual experiences of discrimination and discrimination as a social issue. We draw on individual testimonies about discriminatory experiences as well as a nation-wide survey of more than 8000 respondents, all of whom participate in organised grassroots football clubs. Results indicate that discrimination is a persistent social issue in sport even as diversity and inclusion are commonly raised as public goals. Discrimination is more often experienced by minorities than by the majority population and is not just an individual experience.
AB - Thirty-one-year-old grassroots football player Yasser Al-Hamad has experienced being called “monkey” and being told to “bug off to his home country” by opponents when attempting to provoke him in football matches. Similar discriminatory practices directed at others with non-normative identities in Danish organised grassroots football, including women and non-heterosexuals, are present. The personal narratives of Yasser and others can be understood as “personal troubles”, but they reflect more general tendencies that can be examined as public issues paying attention to experiences and attitudes towards gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. This chapter examines the interdependence between individual experiences of discrimination and discrimination as a social issue. We draw on individual testimonies about discriminatory experiences as well as a nation-wide survey of more than 8000 respondents, all of whom participate in organised grassroots football clubs. Results indicate that discrimination is a persistent social issue in sport even as diversity and inclusion are commonly raised as public goals. Discrimination is more often experienced by minorities than by the majority population and is not just an individual experience.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Organised grassroots football
KW - Denmark
KW - Discrimination
KW - Gender
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Sexuality
KW - Public issue
KW - Social closure
U2 - 10.4324/9781003303138-5
DO - 10.4324/9781003303138-5
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781032300313
SN - 9781032300245
SP - 40
EP - 55
BT - Social Issues in Sport, Leisure, and Health
A2 - Agergaard, Sine
A2 - Karen, David
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon, Oxon
ER -
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