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Henry Asulin's Article Selection

1)                                                      Inequality in Hollywood

Is the article's content relevant to the topic? - Yes, the content included in the article complements and addresses the topic at large.

Is it written neutrally? - The article appears to be more neutral than not, but there are a few points that do not only appear to be redundant but also one-sided. - For Example: The article states "Opportunities within the film industry may be biased towards gender." This is problematic because not only does the article bring up that point multiple times already, it also creates a biased mindset for the reader.

Does each claim have a citation? - Yes, each quote and outsourced points have a citation. Are the citations reliable? - The citations are reliable and up to date.

A good source I would like to incorporate. - https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/pay-gap-men-women-hollywood-growing/story?id=49376405

2)                                                    Sex differences in education                     Is the article's content relevant to the topic? - The article's content does a nice job of teaching and explaining the topic.

Is it written neutrally? - Yes, it is. - There is one point at the end of the article that appears to be problematic for me. It starts "in summary" and the writer essentially summed up two authors opinions, with regard to a large topic, in one short sentence. Therefore, he/she went from A to C. The writer should have gone A to B and then B to C.

Does each claim have a citation? - Each claim, that I have looked deeply into, does have a citation included.

Are the citations reliable? - Yes, the citations are.

3)                                                  Gender mainstreaming in teacher education policy

Is the article's content relevant to the topic? - Yes, it is.

Is it written neutrally? - There are some problems.

Does each claim have a citation? - Yes, it appears as though they do.

Are the citations reliable? - They are indeed.

Henry Asulin

Article: Racism in sport

Un-Edited/added

Dr. Quave, I chose this article and decided to add a super important section about Laura Ingraham that has a ton of relevance to the topic. In addition, I edited and added to the section about Donald Sterling. Everything bolded was added and edited by me.

Donald Sterling[edit]
Donald Sterling was the previous owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Sterling owned the Clippers from 1981 through the 2013-14 season, when he was banned for life by NBA, while forced to sell the team, for racially insensitive remarks he made about African-Americans. After seeing a picture that his then-girlfriend and mistress, V. Stiviano, posted alongside Magic Johnson, this prompted Sterling to say while recorded:

"It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. Do you have to? ... You can sleep with them [black people]. You can bring them in, you can do whatever you want. The little I ask you is not to promote it on that...and not to bring them to my games."

These remarks outraged his players and coach Doc Rivers (who is an African-American), who threatened to boycott games and called for Sterling to be removed as owner. Despite the remarks, the players and upper management crew kept striving to advance in the playoffs.

Stands Other Influential People and Sponsors Took
A variety of Athletes and teams within the sports industry, at large, stood in solidarity with the Clippers against their owner, Donald Sterling, to condemn his actions.

'''The first instance took place on April 27th, when players on both the Clippers and Warriors staged a silent protest. They wore their warmup shirts inside out "to obscure any team logo" during their pre-game huddle. The following day, April 28th, this silent protest continued when the Miami Heat similarly wore their warmup shirts inside out too.'''

Individually, LeBron James spoke out against Sterling by saying, "There's no room for Donald Sterling in the NBA."

'''Another owner, of the Miami Heat, Micky Arison spoke out about the allegations facing Sterling saying that they are "appalling, offensive and very sad." '''

'''Furthermore, the NBA's Kevin Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kobe Bryant also condemned Sterling's remarks. '''

'''The comments Sterling made also received criticism from President Barack Obama. He spoke about the situation saying that the recordings of Sterling were "incredibly offensive racist statements". '''

Many of the Clipper's sponsors monitored the situation and some even cut ties with the organization for good.

'''One of the Clipper's most committed sponsors, Chumash Casino, ended their relationship with the organization. Other sponsors, CarMax and Virgin America also cut ties as with the organization. This showed the sponsoring companies' refusal to support the organization.'''

Ultimately
NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, and the NBA Board of Governors officially approved the sale of the Clippers to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion, and the sale effectively banned Sterling from the NBA for life. Following Steve Ballmer's acquisition of the team, it has been clear that the Clippers as an organization are headed in a different direction.

Laura Ingraham
'''Laura Ingraham is an American radio and television talk show host. Since October 2017, Ingraham has hosted The Ingraham Angle under its parent network, the Fox News Channel. In February of 2018, Ingraham made a series of comments, that have since received a lot of criticism, involving how two of Basketball's most decorated and respected figures, LeBron James and Kevin Durant should restrain from becoming involved in politics. Ingraham spoke about LeBron James saying, "It's always unwise to seek political advice from someone who gets paid $100 million a year to bounce a ball." She then said "Keep the political comments to yourselves. ... Shut up and dribble." These comments Ingraham made came after LeBron James critiqued President Trump by saying that some of his statements are "scary" as well as "laughable." Ingraham's comments set the stage for a bigger picture reality surrounding athletes speaking up for causes that they stand by and support or do not support. LeBron James, one of the most influential African-American celebrities today, was critiqued by Ingraham when she said that his comments were "barely intelligible" and "ungrammatical." This jab directed to undermine James and his platform sparked James to create a documentary series centred around changing the role of athletes in the current day with political and cultural climate named, "Shut up and Dribble" that airs on Showtime. '''