Football and Racism in Roy Williams’ Sing Yer Heart out for the Lads
Dr. May Mohammed Baqer Twayej
College of Education, Ibn Rushd for Human Sciences, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Athraa Hani Ismael
College of Education, Ibn Rushd for Human Sciences, University of Baghdad, Iraq
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Abstract
Roy Williams is one of the outstanding contemporary black British playwrights. His plays deal with issues of race, racism, nationalism, masculinity, working-class identities, sport, and intergenerational relationships. Through his plays, Williams tries to provoke his audience to a very essential issue which is that black people are part of the English society. He is against racism. He finds that sport is not far from racism therefore, he decides to write his Sports Plays. In these plays Williams depicts how the black players are treated by the white as if they are not English. This paper intends to analyse Roy Williams’ Sing Yer Heart out for the Lads that deals with a football match between England and Germany. This study utilizes Alfred Adler’s psychological theory that studies the issues of prejudice and racism by relating them to the surrounding culture.
Keywords:
football; inferiority; racial bullying; racism
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