ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates how sport could be used as an educational tool in relation to race and racism because the inner logic of sport opposes racism and therefore implicitly functions as an antidote against it. It reviews the fundamental concepts of race and racism. Philosopher Robert L. Simon explores the relationship between sport and moral values in order to defend the educative potential of sport, and coins the term broad internalism for his favoured position: ‘that there are values internal to sport and these values are supported by a broad understanding of the purposes and point of athletic competition’. Philosopher Drew Hyland argues that the competitive nature of sport works against racism: Imagine yourself at a playground basketball court. The virtuous blacksmith gained status and respect as a result of his ability to create, for example, efficient and useful weapons, and the virtuous soldier was one who made excellent use of such weapons in war.
