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Sport: Effective participation of minorities in sport

Code:
RED123
Key Area:
Public Life, Culture, Sport & Media
Strand(s):
Discrimination, Equality
25/01/2013 - 11:49
Short Answer

Despite the lack of official statistics, there is a broad consensus that minorities are underrepresented in organised amateur sport.

Qualitative Info

Despite the lack of official statistics, there is a broad consensus that minorities are underrepresented as members of and, even more so, as volunteers and officials in sport clubs, i. e. organised amateur sport.

 

Sources:

 

  1. Peucker Mario (2009), Racism, xenophobia and structural discrimination in sports, Country Report Germany,http://www.efms.uni-bamberg.de/pdf/RACISM_in_SPORT_2010.pdf, Accessed on 28.02.2012.
  2. Deutscher Sportbund (2004), http://www.migration-boell.de/downloads/diversity/Anlage_Pilz_Grundsatzerklrung_2004.pdf, Accessed on 28.02.2012.
  3. DOSB, http://www.dosb.de/fileadmin/fm-dosb/arbeitsfelder/ids/files/downloads_pdf/downloads_2011/Zielgruppen_IdS_2011.pdf, Accessed on 28.02.2012.
     
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