Major concerns of injustice can be found in schools in various ways. One common way we can see is misrepresentation of minorities inside certain departments inside schools. At the athletics department at Ontario University, there are about 60% of staff and athletes that are Caucasian. It should also be known that minorities are being paid less salaries for working in the athletics department. There are low rates of hiring and finding racialized groups. This becomes a very large problem just due to the nature that it is inside a school environment, and these are where children learn to grow up and start to take in certain lessons and habits. One of the biggest issues that is probably lying in the university is the fact that racialized groups are probably fearful of what may come if they try to speak up and take more of a prominent role in the department. This system that is being dominated by whites is the reason that more minorities have struggles taking parts because it creates a cycle where they are afraid to and avoid the idea of entering athletics. We see this mimicking the idea of One and the Other. In this school’s athletics, the number of Caucasians that are dominating the field are seen as the One. They are the ones that “run” the area and can enjoy the benefits and participate without anything holding them back or making them question. The minorities are seen as the other as they have hesitations for not being in the athletics department. They may not be joining due to various reasons that may be in place such as not feeling confidence in the environment to try, or non-discrete discrimination may be in place. Videos like the one shown below are reason why potential athletes have questions and are scared of partaking in athletics. Proper rules and regulations need to be established at this school for more equal representation among races to contribute to not only athletics, but other sectors as well. Anti-racism training is required, and quotas should be established to reduce this discriminatory department the university seems to be showing. They need to collectively work to show equal proportions not only in the athletics department, but other areas such as education as those probably do not have equal representation as well.
Link related to artcle: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/mar/17/college-sports-racial-dynamics
Link to article: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/ontario-university-sports-racism-report-1.6223950