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“Sport has the power to unite people in a way that little else can. It can create hope where once there was only despair. It breaks down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of discrimination. Sport speaks to people in a language they can understand.”

- Nelson Mandela

Using Mandela’s quote as a springboard for discussion, open a debate around the topic of racism in sport. Mandela believed that sport had the power to unite people and change attitudes, but in the last number of years racism in sport has become a topical issue here in Ireland and across the globe.