... access to sport is as a result of a broad spectrum of political and cultural values as much as of any particular sporting organisations, however large it may be. The constraints placed upon certain cultural and sub-cultural groups are mainly those of a majority culture over minority ethnic groups. Sometimes constraints are self-imposed, or at lease imposed on certain sectors or a group. Moroccan women for example are excluded from sporting participation by their own culture. In order for any minority racial group to have equal opportunity for participation, it must also have equal opportunity for access, and by logical extension, equal provision or equal access to provision. Access can be denied in three ways: * By a superior (in terms of number) culture * Self-imposed cultural constraints * Economic/topographical limitations In the ten decades since the white Anglo-American culture has been the dominant force on the world of Olympic sport, things have changed, ...

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