Sexism, racism and swimming at the London 2012 Olympics

Keenan, Sarah (2012) Sexism, racism and swimming at the London 2012 Olympics. Racialicious.

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Abstract

I’ve been a little taken aback this week at the level of racism against China in the British and US media, and on longer-than-usual comment threads on various friends’ Facebook walls. I mean, I know that racism in sport and in the media is nothing new, and I know that being mixed-race white-Chinese, I’m taking the various swipes being thrown at Chinese athletes particularly personally. But still, the obsessive furor that has surrounded the 16 year-old swimmer Ye Shiwen has brought out so many hackneyed Orientalist stereotypes, it would be boring if it wasn’t so hurtful and infuriating.

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Item Type:	Other
School:	School of Law > Law
Depositing User:	Sarah Hall
Date Deposited:	05 Apr 2016 13:58
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2022 12:50
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/14841

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