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teams and have many sports opportunities in school. Racial discrimination in

sports has existed since the beginning of sports. Much of all sports now are

heavily desegregated, but racial discrimination has not disappeared. In the

1980’s color was an issue as two black members of a golf team were not allow to

play due to blacks not being allow to play on the course. Even with professional

athletes, color has been an issue. Arthur Ashe was a professional tennis player

who couldn’t play tennis in some places in the United States. In 1986 black

players of the Boston Red Sox were not allow to attend some clubs in spring

training. Owners of professional teams could not afford to turn their heads on

black athletes, as black athletes became their meal ticket to a successful

franchise. While many black athletes are awarded with large financial contracts

the owners are ones who are making more money. Without desegregation in some

sports, owners would have been missing out on a golden opportunity. Some sports

have been slow in the process of desegregation. Hockey for example is a sport

that is mainly populated with white males. Players like Anson Carter of the

Boston Bruins and Mike Grier of the Edmonton Oilers are example of black hockey

player. Main reason that the NHL has few black hockey players is that many

hockey players are from Canada and the northern States of the US. Place that are

scarcly populated with black hockey players. Other reasons are that hockey is an

expensive game to play and is mostly played in a cold weather area. Anson Carter

is a product of his environment. He grew playing hockey as a child in Toronto,

Ontario, a hockey city. While other friends quit hockey he stayed with it and

now is a profession hockey player. Carter has received racial slurs from other

hockey players. Carter continues to play all-star type hockey for the Boston

Bruins.