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Re: Air Force coach\'s racial comments
we will hear this on sportscenter/espn for the rest of the week. Why, because the sports media can not find stories fast enough. Already saw PTI's take, and agreed with them. Correct comment, but not the best public statement for him. Nothing to get him fired though.
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Any person in the public eye who makes racial generalizations, even if correct will almost always draw serious criticism and probably face serious consequences, so in that sense it was pretty dumb.
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The problem is not that he made this obvservation. Your parallels to sprint runners and the "majority" of athletes are certainly, as a whole, correct. I think where we get into trouble as a society is making generalizations such as this. "How do we get better? We need to get more black players, because they run faster!" How about, "We need more team speed!" Pretty much says the same thing, without the stereotyping.
This is a problem because as a society we're SUPPOSED to be at a point now where we don't see people for their color. I don't think it's a problem when offering it as a description. "He's the black guy over there!", to me is basically like saying, "He's the guy with the red hair over there!". But statements like what this coach said are what make people look like idiots. Doing things like looking at a black guy and assuming that he must be really good at basketball. Think about it -- maybe he's never picked up a basketball in his entire life, but he happens to be an exceptional lawyer. Or a guitar player. Statements such as this, while seemingly harmless in concept because they're largely true, end up perpetuating stereotypes in our society that make it very difficult for us to move forward and see things beyond what they're "supposed to be". The team doesn't need to get blacker -- they need to get faster and more athletic. Believe it or not, they don't mean the same thing. |
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Definite agreement with most of this post. However, certain generalizations are correct due to physical/genetic traits. However, saying things without the proper research can be very harmful.
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I don't think the stereotype that black athletes are fastest will ever go away because, well, it is the truth. I don't think coaches or media should have to pretend it is not the truth in athletics. Your point about the general man on the street notwithstanding.
If you attended a college football game where one team was 100% black and the other 100% white and that was all you knew about the teams. All other physical factors are equal (size, roster, experience, etc.) And you were offered even odds on a wager before the game started - who would you chose and how much would you wager? I take the black team for a big bet every time. |
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I don't think the stereotype that black athletes are fastest will ever go away because, well, it is the truth. I don't think coaches or media should have to pretend it is not the truth in athletics. Your point about the general man on the street notwithstanding. If you attended a college football game where one team was 100% black and the other 100% white and that was all you knew about the teams. All other physical factors are equal (size, roster, experience, etc.) And you were offered even odds on a wager before the game started - who would you chose and how much would you wager? I take the black team for a big bet every time. [/ QUOTE ] Exactly, and this is what we need to get away from as a society. |
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The team doesn't need to get blacker -- they need to get faster and more athletic. Believe it or not, they don't mean the same thing. [/ QUOTE ] I was about to post this, and I'm sure I couldn't have said it any better. |
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JayLear's post is excellent.
I didn't think DeBerry's comments were racist. And I usually think everything is racist. In general, this country is terrified to have any honest public racial dialogue. We'd rather stick our heads in the sand. |
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</font><blockquote><font class="small">En réponse à:</font><hr />
I didn't think DeBerry's comments were racist. And I usually think everything is racist. [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: Air Force coach\'s racial comments
mmbt0ne, you saying Fat Albert is racist?
P.S. Go Jackets. |
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