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Beyond the Score: Antisemitism and Bias in Sports
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GRADE LEVEL: Middle and High School
While sports often bring people together, they can just as easily lead to incidents of bias. Through the lens of a recorded ADL webinar with retired professional baseball player Kevin Youkilis and student athlete Morgan Zietz, students will explore Jewish identity, antisemitism and where those intersect with athletics. Using ADL’s 6 Ways to Be an Ally, students will explore scenarios and brainstorm ways they can act as allies to ensure that athletics, like all other parts of their school community, remain No Place for Hate.
In this activity, students will:
- Develop a basic definition of antisemitism.
- Reflect upon the experiences of two athletes on Jewish pride and antisemitism.
- Explore strategies of allyship using the 6 Ways to be an Ally.
- Identity ways to act as an ally to support targets of bias, speak out against hate and take action to address incidents in athletics.