Soccer and Social Justice
How can soccer overcome racism, sexism, homophobia, economic injustice and other inequalities?
Three experts on the cultural impact of soccer will take part in a panel discussion at Dickinson. The event, “More than a Game: Soccer and Social Justice in the 21st Century,” will be held Wednesday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter (ATS) Auditorium.
The panel brings together experts in the culture and politics of soccer, the world’s most popular sport. They will discuss the state of soccer in the U.S. and around the world and how the game is plagued by racism, sexism, homophobia, economic injustice and other inequalities. In particular, discussion will focus on gender in soccer, especially the roles and opportunities for girls and women.
Panelists include Amy Bass, Joshua Nadel and Stephanie Yang. Bass is professor of history and director of the Honors Program at The College of New Rochelle. She teaches modern American culture, with a focus on sports, identity politics and African-American history and is author of Not the Triumph but the Struggle: The 1968 Olympic Games and the Making of the Black Athlete. Nadel is associate professor of history at North Carolina Central University and author of Futbol!: Why Soccer Matters in Latin America. He has written widely on the intersection of soccer and society. Yang is co-manager of the Stars and Stripes FC blog on SB Nation, writer at The Bent Musket and a contributor to World Soccer Talk and Bitch Magazine. She writes extensively on women’s soccer in the U.S. at the club and national level.
Shawn Stein, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Dickinson, and co-editor of an anthology of Latin American football fiction, will be moderating this discussion. It is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and the Critical Perspectives on Soccer and Social Justice Symposium.
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Published April 1, 2016