Trinity Banter | clovejoy | Activity https://commons.trincoll.edu/members/clovejoy/activity/ Activity feed for clovejoy. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:29:28 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 fed56f96e4258c849c7133a9ae79df09 clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter TIFO: Lilian Thuram, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/16/carter-tifo-lilian-thuram/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:45:12 -0500 Lilian Thuram, a retired French soccer player, has traveled the world discussing matters of racism in football. Through his teachings he delivers the notion that defeating racism in soccer is quite simple. As he […]

]]> b4853eae94487b784829059412af1d1e clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter PCQ: Stages of the Global, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/16/carter-pcq-stages-of-the-global/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:36:59 -0500 Stages of the global: Media, sport, racialization and the last temptation of Zinedine Zidane
Introduction:

-Due to the media in society, it is difficult to watch a sporting event completely disconnected from […]

]]> 492da66dcb65e8005e2d56bc4a74c907 clovejoy wrote a new post, (no title), on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/16/725/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 01:31:35 -0500 A few weeks ago, Nicolas Anelka, a french striker in the English Premier League, displayed an anti-semitic sign which is described as a Nazi salute by French Jews. Also, Anelka is of African descent and claims […]

]]> 0da195a50623d40f9882e7070fd7186e clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter PCQs: Dutch National Identity and Euro 2012 Tensions, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/16/carter-pcqs-dutch-national-identity-and-euro-2012-tensions/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 01:17:20 -0500 Imagined communities in the global game: soccer and the development of Dutch national identity
Introduction:

-The style in which Dutch soccer was played during the 2006 World Cup was extremely important […]

]]> a82e559daae5f4d42d1716e3712414f4 clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter PCQs: US Ambivalence Toward the World Cup and American Nationalism, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/15/carter-pcqs-us-ambivalence-toward-the-world-cup-and-american-nationalism/ Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:42:55 -0500 U.S. Ambivalence Toward the World Cup and American Nationalism
-Through the lack of media attention, the World Cup is a “neglected subject” which fails to be recognized as a factor of national identity in the […]

]]> b6f17cf06559885ad268483c1691abc5 clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter TIFO:Racism at Italian Soccer Matches , on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/14/carter-tiforacism-at-italian-soccer-matches/ Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:04:39 -0500 Racism at Italian Soccer Matches
This article depicts another example of racism in football within the past year during an italian match in Italy.  The author giving the concerning statement that the issue of […]

]]> f7b33b6c76d557cb6f7248def09d82e7 clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter TIFO: Racism in Serbian football fan culture, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/12/carter-tifo-racism-in-serbian-football-fan-culture/ Sun, 12 Jan 2014 21:00:17 -0500 Racism in Serbian football fan culture: the establishment fails to act
Recently in a U-21 game with Serbia and England spiraled out of control upon Serbian fans chanting racist remarks, not an uncommon occurrence […]

]]> c574847233023a741ed67515fa180b84 clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter TIFO: FIFA Wants Tougher Action Against Racism In Soccer, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/10/carter-tifo-fifa-wants-tougher-action-against-racism-in-soccer/ Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:22:23 -0500 About a month ago a Brazilian player walked off the field in La Liga after he was racially abused throughout the match. This incident was reported and fines were slapped on the alleged culprits of this act, but […]

]]> 34ba2a264eff6a2dc49849b3bfa32e72 clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter PCQs:Fascist Football Foundation, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/10/carter-pcqsfascist-football-foundation/ Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:10:16 -0500 Fascist Football Foundation
Introduction:

-Italy felt the need to restructure football in order to gain the support of the masses. This in turn becomes another form of nationalism.

-The new league of calico […]

]]> 5bea306ac1bf03894600e2dbd2fcaa9a clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter PCQs 1/8/14, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/09/carter-pcqs-1814/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 04:00:34 -0500 Who Really Invented Modern Football
 Introduction:

-Football became a means of maintaining rivalries and boosting nationalism during the 19th century.

The Rules of football and Sheffield’s […]

]]> db0d18cc83e72baf99020210fccccc44 clovejoy wrote a new post, TIFO: “Djibril Cisse Hits Out at 'Racist' Greek League . . .”, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/08/carter-tifo-1814/ Wed, 08 Jan 2014 22:13:22 -0500 While this incident occurred over two years ago, this is simply a prime example of blatant racism in the footballing world. Djibril Cisse was the victim of racial abuse during the 2011 season in the Greek football […]

]]> 968170b38fcbcc065f3d8b23cf065f4f clovejoy commented on the post, Jordan Adams PCQ 2, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/08/jordan-adams-pcq-2/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 22:03:01 -0500 I felt that in Jordan’s piece he pointed out the very ironic fact that while black and mulatto players started becoming the face of Brazilian soccer, they still had the constraints of racism across the globe, […]

]]> cf3fd5b4bc04d9523ca75a70bbdf2ec0 clovejoy commented on the post, Mac PCQ 1/7/14, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/08/mac-pcq-1714/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:59:19 -0500 I found Mac’s analysis very interesting in regards to comparing how football clubs are seen today in contrast to back in the early 20th century. Specifically speaking about how in today’s culture, people support […]

]]> 9e24c94f32203008aee1cc64cf7e3ebe clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter TIFO 1, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/07/carter-tifo-1/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 23:34:43 -0500 This article pertains to the issue of racism in football today. While football has come along way since its time in Brazil during the early 20th century, the issue of racism is still an ever-present factor during […]

]]> 8b97fafd578586cb5dc0ab06ec2faf43 clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter PCQs 1/7/14, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/07/carter-pcqs-1714/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 23:25:53 -0500 Class, Ethnicity, and Color in the Making of Brazilian Football
Introduction:

There’s the acknowledged notion that throughout the history of football, a clubs success has become synonymous with the interest of […]

]]> d99ea796587dce557a1c3c8404f7f108 clovejoy wrote a new post, Carter PCQs 1/6/14, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/07/carter-pcqs-1614/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 23:20:18 -0500 Basic Definitions Handout PCQs:

-The idea of race seems to be a rather cut and dry theory based on anatomists such as Cuvier who felt that there were three separate subspecies, which in turn drastically […]

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