From The New York Times: This month marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments becoming law. This legislation has been monumental in women’s and girls’ sports participation. But the focus of Title IX has been gender equity, not racial equity in women's sports. The most glaring outcome of the legislation is that white women — as athletes and administrators — have been the

Ronda Rousey was the first American female athlete to win an Olympic medal in the martial arts event of Judo, and is the newest champion in Women's mixed martial arts fighting. In both competitions Ronda Rousey has done diet experiments to cut her weight so that she could qualify to fight in a certain weight category. Ronda Rousey's mom was a judo champion and Ronda qualified for the 2004 Athens