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How African American Student Athletes Deal With Going To Predominately White
Colleges Or Universities?
It was March of 2003 and I was at my annual cheerleading competition. I am
from an urban public school where my squad is one of the only diverse ones.
Looking around I noticed that my squad was one of the few that had any
minorities present. As we sat down to wait our turn for mat time (a practice
run through of the routine before the actual competition) I over heard some of
the Caucasian females snickering from behind about our squad. They were
saying things like black girls are not supposed to be cheerleaders,
cheerleaders are supposed to be white girls with tans. Our cheerleading squad
is one of the most hated and disrespected of all squads. A perfect example of
that disrespect and hatred is the fact that we were robbed at our second
competition. When we got to the competition we were a little apprehensive
because we had to share a small area of the locker room w...