Discrimination In Outcasts United

Soccer is very special in the that it can cross boundaries such as geographic and ethnic, and also religious differences to unite the world. Soccer is a sport that requires little to no money play. It is a favorite in poor and rich countries alike because of this reason. Soccer can keep children and adults away from crime and steer them away from substance abuse. In the book, Outcasts United, Luma Mufleh, a middle eastern woman, creates and coaches a soccer team with all refugees in the town of Clarkston, Georgia. The author, Warren Saint John, takes us through the development of the team and the players themselves along with the struggles of poverty and discrimination. The discrimination the Fugees face from their community makes them resilient
He exclaims, “‘We don’t have soccer fields---not in the city,’ Swaney told me. ‘We got baseball. Little League baseball---twelve and under. And this is one of the things they find hard to understand’”(189). Even though Swaney understands that there would not be anything wrong with the team using the field at Milam Park, he denies them access to the field. He does this because he does not like refugees and he discriminates them as well. He is able to back his discrimination by a invalid argument that the fields in Milam Park are fields are for baseball. Swaney states that there is not any baseball or football teams in Clarkston using Milam Park. Warren Saint John finds out that this statement is a lie and no teams use the field for activities. This discovery fuels the team to continue the search for a field despite the discrimination they are facing. Even with Swaney’s constant denial, the team keeps on pushing to find a field to play soccer on. Eventually the team gets the field at Milam Park in a City Hall discussion in which Swaney is called out and caves in and lets the team use the park. Earlier, when the
To show the team's strength and resilience, Warren Saint John shows emphasis on the players hard origins and their struggles in the US, also, he focuses on their losses more than their wins because he believes that they can learn more from losses than wins. Outcasts United shows how Soccer can provide a safe haven for many in the fact that it creates a sense of harmony between traditionally divided