Commentators are six times more likely to be describing a player of ‘darker skin tone’ when talking about power while ‘lighter skin tone players’ are regularly praised for their intelligence and work ethic
The study also found that commentators are 60.4 per cent more likely to be describing a player with lighter skin tone when talking about work ethic, with 62.6 per cent of all intelligence praise going to the same group of players. In comparison, 63.33 per cent of intelligence criticism was aimed at darker skin tone players.
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