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The BBC published this article in which they posed the question, can British tennis shake off unwanted tag of being “too white, male and posh”?
Miles Daley is a 28-year-old Black tennis coach from Hackney. When he steps out on the court, it's with Jordan trainers, Beats headphones and a NBA vest on. While you might think this is out of place for a tennis court, this is an intentional form of activism for Daley who wants to challenge perceptions of the sport.
Homogeneity is rife in tennis, beginning from the lowest school level and sustained up to elite play. Daley recounts how he was encouraged to try other sports as a child instead of tennis, and even today he still experiences microagressions for existing in the heavily white-dominated scene.
There is also far than equal gender representation in the sport, particularly in coaching; Iya, an Indian women in Edinburgh, says "when people talk about technical things and strategies they look at the man". |
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