Four American Women of Color Navigating Hockey's Whiteness
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This year marks the 45th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation that has significantly improved the ability of girls and women to participate in sports. Their participation in college athletics has grown seven-fold in the past 45 years, according to a recently released excerpt from Title IX at 45, which was published by the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (1).
However, when looking at the impact of Title IX over the years, Dr. Moneque Walker Pickett, et al. noticed a startling trend (2). With the exception of basketball and track & field, women of color are underrepresented in college sports, despite the aforementioned overall growth. Girls and women are playing ice hockey in record numbers, but women of color are still an anomaly. As a companion to a media roundtable on racism in hockey, The Victory Press spoke to Meghan Huertas, Kaliya Johnson, Kelsey Koelzer, and Blake Bolden about playing a sport that lacks diversity.
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This year marks the 45th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation that has significantly improved the ability of girls and women to participate in sports. Their participation in college athletics has grown seven-fold in the past 45 years, according to a recently released excerpt from Title IX at 45, which was published by the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (1).
However, when looking at the impact of Title IX over the years, Dr. Moneque Walker Pickett, et al. noticed a startling trend (2). With the exception of basketball and track & field, women of color are underrepresented in college sports, despite the aforementioned overall growth. Girls and women are playing ice hockey in record numbers, but women of color are still an anomaly. As a companion to a media roundtable on racism in hockey, The Victory Press spoke to Meghan Huertas, Kaliya Johnson, Kelsey Koelzer, and Blake Bolden about playing a sport that lacks diversity.
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