Race in Sports
Race in Sports TOTAL PLAYERS IN LEAGUE: 2371 RACES IN ALL LEAGUES: 2% Asian It's baseball season again, but what you might not notice amid the crack of the bat and roar of the crowd is that-a half-century after Jackie Robinson's historic entrance into the game-the number of black players is at the lowest level in almost 20 years. This is a look at the racial breakdown of four major sports. (Sorry, hockey fans.) 1194 48% Black 10% Hispanic 454 339 1% Other 40% White BASEBALL BASKETBALL FOOTBALL SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: 60% White 76% Black 1% Other 59% White X 20% White X 8% Black 3% Asian 1% Asian Y 22% Black -X 29% Hispanic X 3% Hispanic NATIONAL FOOTBAL LEAGUE: X 2% Asian 14% Hispanic 31% White 1% Asian 66% Black 1% Other 1% Hispanic 1% Other NOTE: Due to rounding, percentages may not add exactly to 100. SOURCE: The Racial and Gender Report Card Race in Sports TOTAL PLAYERS IN LEAGUE: 2371 RACES IN ALL LEAGUES: 2% Asian It's baseball season again, but what you might not notice amid the crack of the bat and roar of the crowd is that-a half-century after Jackie Robinson's historic entrance into the game-the number of black players is at the lowest level in almost 20 years. This is a look at the racial breakdown of four major sports. (Sorry, hockey fans.) 1194 48% Black 10% Hispanic 454 339 1% Other 40% White BASEBALL BASKETBALL FOOTBALL SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: 60% White 76% Black 1% Other 59% White X 20% White X 8% Black 3% Asian 1% Asian Y 22% Black -X 29% Hispanic X 3% Hispanic NATIONAL FOOTBAL LEAGUE: X 2% Asian 14% Hispanic 31% White 1% Asian 66% Black 1% Other 1% Hispanic 1% Other NOTE: Due to rounding, percentages may not add exactly to 100. SOURCE: The Racial and Gender Report Card Race in Sports TOTAL PLAYERS IN LEAGUE: 2371 RACES IN ALL LEAGUES: 2% Asian It's baseball season again, but what you might not notice amid the crack of the bat and roar of the crowd is that-a half-century after Jackie Robinson's historic entrance into the game-the number of black players is at the lowest level in almost 20 years. This is a look at the racial breakdown of four major sports. (Sorry, hockey fans.) 1194 48% Black 10% Hispanic 454 339 1% Other 40% White BASEBALL BASKETBALL FOOTBALL SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: 60% White 76% Black 1% Other 59% White X 20% White X 8% Black 3% Asian 1% Asian Y 22% Black -X 29% Hispanic X 3% Hispanic NATIONAL FOOTBAL LEAGUE: X 2% Asian 14% Hispanic 31% White 1% Asian 66% Black 1% Other 1% Hispanic 1% Other NOTE: Due to rounding, percentages may not add exactly to 100. SOURCE: The Racial and Gender Report Card Race in Sports TOTAL PLAYERS IN LEAGUE: 2371 RACES IN ALL LEAGUES: 2% Asian It's baseball season again, but what you might not notice amid the crack of the bat and roar of the crowd is that-a half-century after Jackie Robinson's historic entrance into the game-the number of black players is at the lowest level in almost 20 years. This is a look at the racial breakdown of four major sports. (Sorry, hockey fans.) 1194 48% Black 10% Hispanic 454 339 1% Other 40% White BASEBALL BASKETBALL FOOTBALL SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: 60% White 76% Black 1% Other 59% White X 20% White X 8% Black 3% Asian 1% Asian Y 22% Black -X 29% Hispanic X 3% Hispanic NATIONAL FOOTBAL LEAGUE: X 2% Asian 14% Hispanic 31% White 1% Asian 66% Black 1% Other 1% Hispanic 1% Other NOTE: Due to rounding, percentages may not add exactly to 100. SOURCE: The Racial and Gender Report Card Race in Sports TOTAL PLAYERS IN LEAGUE: 2371 RACES IN ALL LEAGUES: 2% Asian It's baseball season again, but what you might not notice amid the crack of the bat and roar of the crowd is that-a half-century after Jackie Robinson's historic entrance into the game-the number of black players is at the lowest level in almost 20 years. This is a look at the racial breakdown of four major sports. (Sorry, hockey fans.) 1194 48% Black 10% Hispanic 454 339 1% Other 40% White BASEBALL BASKETBALL FOOTBALL SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: 60% White 76% Black 1% Other 59% White X 20% White X 8% Black 3% Asian 1% Asian Y 22% Black -X 29% Hispanic X 3% Hispanic NATIONAL FOOTBAL LEAGUE: X 2% Asian 14% Hispanic 31% White 1% Asian 66% Black 1% Other 1% Hispanic 1% Other NOTE: Due to rounding, percentages may not add exactly to 100. SOURCE: The Racial and Gender Report Card Race in Sports TOTAL PLAYERS IN LEAGUE: 2371 RACES IN ALL LEAGUES: 2% Asian It's baseball season again, but what you might not notice amid the crack of the bat and roar of the crowd is that-a half-century after Jackie Robinson's historic entrance into the game-the number of black players is at the lowest level in almost 20 years. This is a look at the racial breakdown of four major sports. (Sorry, hockey fans.) 1194 48% Black 10% Hispanic 454 339 1% Other 40% White BASEBALL BASKETBALL FOOTBALL SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: 60% White 76% Black 1% Other 59% White X 20% White X 8% Black 3% Asian 1% Asian Y 22% Black -X 29% Hispanic X 3% Hispanic NATIONAL FOOTBAL LEAGUE: X 2% Asian 14% Hispanic 31% White 1% Asian 66% Black 1% Other 1% Hispanic 1% Other NOTE: Due to rounding, percentages may not add exactly to 100. SOURCE: The Racial and Gender Report Card
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