Precis #3

In their article, "White Men Can't Jump," Laura Azzarito and Louis Harrison Jr discuss natural athleticism, race and gender and the roles they play in athletics. They conducted a study on high school aged students in their physical education class. Their study showed that white students firmly believe that black students have a natural athleticism that the white student simply do now possess. In order to support their research, the authors bring forth a wide variety of information that was collected while conducting their experiment.

Working Thesis

Athletic stereotypes are prevelant within the world of college and proffessional sports and can have an impact on the athletes natural ability.

Freewrite #2

In their article, "'White Man Can't Jump': Evidence for the Perceptual Confirmation of Racial Stereotypes Following a Basketball Game," Jeff Stone, W. Perry, and John M. Darley. Discuss an experiment in which they attempted to determine whether or not stereotypes were a factor within basketball. They conducted an experiment in which they gave all of the participants a photo of a basketball player and then had them listen to a basketball game on the radio. They were instructed to write down how they thought their particular player performed. They were instructed to judge their athlete based upon the “target's athletic abilities, individual performance, and contribution to his team' s performance. “Results showed that particpants believed that an african american athlete had a more athletic game while the white athletes played a more technical game. According to the authors “The results suggest that participants relied on a stereotype of Black and White athletes to guide their evaluations of the target's abilities and performance.”

Freewrite #1

Within in the article, “An Investigation of College Stereotypes: the myth of black athletic superiority and the dumb jock stereotype,” G.A. Sailes conducted a survey at Indiana University in order to determine some common stereotypes regarding student athletes. This survey was designed to gather information regarding “beliefs about intelligence, academic integrity, and academic competitiveness among male college student-athletes, as well as assumptions about intelligence, academic preparation, style of play, competitiveness, physical superiority, athletic ability, and mental temperament in African American athletes.” His survey showed that many students don’t believe student athletes are as intelligent or as academically prepared as nonathlete students. He also determined that white male students believe that the african american athletes are even less prepared for college level academics. G.A. Sailes states within the article that “the findings indicate that white and male students believe that athletes are not as intelligent as the typical college student and that they take easy courses to maintain their eligibility, and that African American athletes are not academically prepared to attend college, are not as intelligent and do not receive grades as high as those received by white athletes.” The article provided the survey results in order to create statistics that supported the claimes of stereotyping among student athletes and nonathlete students.  The article showed that the “dumb jock” stereotype is still alive and is flourishing on college campuses.

Precis #2

In his article "An Investigation of College Stereotypes: the myth of black athletic superiority and the dumb jock stereotype" G.A. Sailes discusses and experiment that he conducted at Indiana University.  His experiment involved surveying college students and asking them about various stereotypes found within the college setting.  It was determined that it is believed that African American athletes are thought to not be as prepared for college as they should be.  The author supports all of his claims with the data found while conducting his experiment.

Precis #1

In their article, "'White Man Can't Jump': Evidence for the Perceptual Confirmation of Racial Stereotypes Following a Basketball Game," Jeff Stone, W. Perry, and John M. Darley discuss an experiment they conducted regarding racial stereotypes in the game of basketball.  The results of their experiment suggested that the participants relied on their knowledge of racial stereotypes in order to make their evaluations of the target's ability and performance. This article demonstrated ways in which racial stereotypes play a big role with in the game of basketball.

Brainstorming

1.  Stereotypical Camper
2. Environmental factors
3. Athlete stereotypes
4. College athletes stereotypes
5. socio-economic perceptions in camping
6. Diversity in sports teams
7. Gym membership diversity
8. Program targeting
9. Nutritional issues
10. Children involved in youth sports
11. Health problems within certain races
12. Socio-economic impact on youth sports
13. Diversity within the major
14. College admission for athletes
15. Healthcare