The equalizing power of sport in American society: A thematic analysis of the film 42: The True Story of an American LegendMcKenna Kendrick | [email protected] James Madison University
Jarrod McAninch | [email protected] Madison University
Joshua R. Pate, Ph.D. (Advisor / Primary Contact) | [email protected] Madison University
42: The True Story of an American Legend
Released April 12, 2013
Directed by Brian Helgeland
Starring Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford
The Assignment
Sociology and Psychology Course
Watch the film 42 and identify themes
Racial Inequalities
Family and Economic Status
Religious Ties to Race
Social and Cultural Inequalities
Racial Inequalities
Beginning colonies
Ideology acceptance
Legal segregation
Impact today
Economic Status
“The Business of Baseball”
“Money’s not black or white, it’s green.” - Branch Rickey in the film 42
Family Rachel and Jackie
Cincinnati father and son
Religious Ties to Race
Morality and race
The “purity” of sport
“He’s a Methodist, I’m a Methodist...And God’s a Methodist; We can’t go wrong.” - Branch Rickey in the film
“You think God likes baseball, Herb?” - Branch Rickey in the film
Social and Cultural Inequalities
Whiteness in sport
“Cultural acceptance of racial discrimination and inequality” - Coakley (2014)
Old Boys Club mentality
Human Rights and Social Change
Leveling the playing field Sport as an equalizer
“Baseball was proof positive that democracy was real. A baseball box score after all, is a democratic thing. It doesn't say how big you are, or what religion you follow it does not know how you voted, or the color of your skin, it simply states what kind of ballplayer you were on any particular day.” - Reporter in the film 42
The equalizing power of sport in American society: A thematic analysis of the film 42: The True Story of an American Legend McKenna Kendrick | [email protected] James Madison University
Jarrod McAninch | [email protected] Madison University
Joshua R. Pate, Ph.D. (Advisor / Primary Contact) | [email protected] Madison University
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