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Using the concepts of class, gender and ‘race’, show how sport in Britain is affected by patterns of social inequality.
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SOCIOLOGY ESSAY KERRAY PEEBLES Using the concepts of class, gender and 'race', show how sport in Britain is affected by patterns of social inequality. Each society established its own set of norms, values and beliefs. It is these that have caused societies to change and develop over time creating ideologies of inequality, prejudice and segregation. Often the beliefs of a population stem from the hegemonic group within that society, and others possessing less social status are pressured into conforming as a result. This process is evident within the sporting world as society repeatedly forces discrimination and segregation based on socio-economic or physical differences as dictated by the hegemonic group. Class is possibly the greatest creator of inequality. We have seen how several mainstream sports can be analysed in terms of shifts and continuities in the social context in which they have emerged, prospered or declined. Their fate has been determined essentially due to...
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