Describing Black and White Athletes

Deadpsin put together an interesting interactive feature that looked at how the media describe white and black NFL prospects.

Deadspin Word Analysis

While the sample size is a bit small, this exercise is still a great way to start a discussion on how the media often uses words like "hard work" and "leadership" to discuss white players while often using "natural athleticism" to talk about black players.

I posted two examples below. See if you can have your students think of more examples.