In class recently we've been talking about challenging the status quo. A big example that we've been looking at in class is the United States's Civil Rights movement. Including Martin Luther King Jr. We spent a couple of days reading and watching videos about the riots and just many more events that occurred during the movement. We also had to read King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and in this we found about tons of ways that King was trying to challenge the status quo and get African Americans equal rights in the United States.
In the world now, there is still racism in lots of countries because most countries haven't had a movement like we have. FIFA, the Football (soccer) Federation of the world has been trying to cut down on the racism in the game of soccer. Last summer the European Championships happened. Before the tournament had began, FIFA announced that if any racist things are chanted by the crowds at any of the games, that the whole tournament be cancelled or maybe just a forfeit of the teams in the tournament. Since most supporters want their countries to do well in the tournament, this makes the fans not chant racist comments, or make racist gestures towards players on the field. This in turn is fixing the problem of racism in the game of soccer, and since soccer is the most popular sport in the world, this will help achieve a less-racist world. FIFA is going to lengths to advertise their motto: "Say No to Racism" in all stadiums in the world on their advertising banners. FIFA is going to lengths to eliminate racism from soccer and the world and this connects to our class because we have been talking about eliminating racism as well.
