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Bolch’s Racist Ideas the Article on LSU and UCLA Basketball Game

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Bolch’s Article on LSU and UCLA Basketball Game

Indeed, racial stereotypes are still deeply visible or rooted in society and this is usually taken as harmful and uncalled for on the beliefs concerning different racial groups. In Ben Bolch’s article, there is distinct reinforcement of these stereotypes, on how he used the vulgar language, narrative, and view of the Lady Tigers as dirty debutantes and calling them “villains,” on the other hand rendering the Bruins milk and cookies (Bolch, 2024). Besides, he even called the matchup “good versus evil.” And this is a kind of criticism. In a real sense, these stereotypes always depict historical anti-Black ideologies which have always been dominant since times of enslavement.

In the same way that black ideologies were discriminated against, Bolch's article has a sense of these stereotypes. This echoes the Anti-Black ideologies by showing signs of discrimination and exclusivity. Mulkey pointed out critical comments that she was not going to let criticism of young people prevail and said the things in the commentary that should offend a woman (Bolch, 2024). Bolch's statements were greatly sexist and they didn't he did not even know that. Back in the periods of enslavement, the ideologies that governed the nations were anti-black, meaning the blacks would be seen as a minority and people who had nothing to offer.

Similarly, Bolch portrays and sees the game between LSU and UCLA as good versus evil and calls one side dirty debutants. Additionally, this information of kind of vulgar statement strictly refers to young ladies who are aged between 18-21 which is discriminatory and sexist.

It is the same case where the racial concept has prevalently been used as an aspect of remitting oppression on certain groups of people while on the other hand elevating others. On

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anti-Black ideologies, the inappropriate negative beliefs and always been very pervasive

(Howard, 2024). Back in the enslavement era, the black people faced dehumanization as they

were seen as inferior and most probably intellectually lacking and this is what Bolch referred to

on the Lady Tigers. These stereotypes formed part of the justification for the brutal institution of

slavery and also practices showing aspects of subsequent discrimination policies.

It now makes sense even in the discourse and media that these similar stereotypes also

keep surfacing, usually in insidious ways. By showing the portrayal of Black individuals in kind

on one-dimensional and limited, people like Bolch can reinforce these vulgar beliefs

unintentionally (Howard, 2024). Bolch used the same ideology used in the enslavement errors to

attack young kids. He ought not to necessarily like how the players played, or trash talk because

the teams felt okay with that and Mulkey said that she would not sit back as a mother and a

grandmother and a leader of young people and keep watching the young generation being

discriminated against and it is not her alone who commented on this. following closely Bolch’s

article was having racial factors because the team had black women unfortunately which caused

the kind of bias that still exists (Howard, 2024). Hailey Van a white player, said that

a lot of people sending the kind of comments are proving to be racist towards her teammates. Therefore,

Ben Bolch’s article had immense stereotypes that echoed anti-black ideologies extending back to

the enslavement periods by focusing on criticizing young ladies and even calling them dirty

debutantes.

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society and people readily embrace them (Bolch, 2024). He called the Lady Tigers dirty debutantes which is a clear justification for a racist practice relying on the fact that there were black women in the team, a critical view readily takes this as the reason why he used this kind of language. Another example is the act of viewing the matchup as good versus evil. This means there exists a kind of unfair treatment where one side is readily accepted in society while the other is viewed outcast (Bolch, 2024). This instant is a clear depiction of racist practice and it is more deterent where the team had black women in it. A random reader will treat the black women in the team as outcasts not paying much attention to other white players. Generally, these two examples show racist practices in Bolch's ideas.

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References

Bolch, B. (2024, March 29). Commentary: UCLA-LSU is America's sweethearts vs. its basketball villains. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2024-03-29/ucla-lsu-america-sweethearts-versus-basketball-villains

Howard, H. (2024, March 31). LA Times changes comment in column that dubbed the UCLA-LSU game as "sweethearts v. villains." WWLtv.com. https://www.wwltv.com/article/sports/ncaa/lsu/la-times-changes-comments-in-column-ucla-lsu-game-as-sweethearts-v-villains/289-e3d1e33e-b9c9-42a0-8279-eb1a87fb4294