Just as more white people have joined in marches and protests, there have been similar calls
for white athletes to mirror their black counterparts.
In a separate study, Frisby examined 643 news stories about elite tennis players Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber to determine if athletes of color receive different amounts of microaggressions from the media compared to
white athletes who experience similar amounts of athletic success.
My thing is Malcolm's a leader and I'm here to show support as
a white athlete.»
«I was trying to make a point about assumptions people make about black and
white athletes,» Smith said afterward.
It was such an obvious decision, who would even stop to marvel over
a white athlete with a black agent?
It's led to white players slowly standing with their black teammates and rationalizing the role of
the white athlete at this moment in America.
Some rights groups have said
the white athlete has received preferential treatment.
Cynthia Frisby, an associate professor of strategic communication at Mizzou, also found evidence of increased microaggressions against female athletes of color compared to
white athletes.