Privilege & Oppression

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sustaining-the-olympic-le_b_11683450.html


I think this article is very interesting because it is trying to highlight the privileges of being a women athlete.  It uses the example of an athlete in the Olympic Games but over all it's about the support of all women.  How putting any kind of support, and of course money, into a women athlete have great benefits.  This policy, specifically in this article, promotes privilege to American/White women athletes.  They say that one win leads to another and that American women are getting stronger and stronger.  This also includes U.N. girls as well, but doesn't really say much about any other ethnicity/race which is where oppression comes in.  The U.S. and U.N. have programs to support girls to continue to be athletes after going through puberty.  There are even slogans or campaigns, such as #likeagirl.   Although the idea in its entirety is pushing for gender equality in athletics it isn't focusing enough on the diversity that comes along with gender.