Be the CHANGE you wish to see in the world

I am a hippie, a radical, an artist and a thinker in my own way. So many people see me as mainstream and shallow, but I see myself quite differently and those closest to me know that I am so much more than what is simply perceived.
It annoys me when people talk about sports not being important. Not just because I am a lover of sports, but because sports is one of them most diverse factions of life. It pisses me off even more when people do not see how sports has changed the world and how so much is left to be changed in the sports world. I majored in sport management, because I too want to make a difference. I want to help change the face of the front office of sports. I want to show that blacks don't have to be the Forty Million dollar slaves...they can be the ones creating opportunity, opening doors and changing the way that people view blacks in relation to sports.
Let us not forget that baseball was one of the first areas to become integrated thanks to Jackie Robinson and so many others, lets not forget the powerful image of United States athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos holding their fists in the air as they received their metals for track and field in the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, in a sign of protest for Civil Rights in the United States, or how through the years athletes like Muhammed Ali have used their fame to fight against social injustices and issues facing blacks and people of all races alike.
So much is left to be done though, especially in the institutionalized framework of sports. African American coaches on all levels are still fighting for recognition, especially in Division 1-A college football and black athletes at colleges and universities around the country are still being failed and lead astray. Someone must be the voice and call out the injustices in sports.
It is these injustices that still need to be worked out that have caused me to take the path in life that I have chosen in order to make a difference. I love sports and believe that so much good comes from them, but so much is left to be done. It is why I have chosen to be the change I wish to see in sports.