Re: more pack journalism

["Shawn Niles" <shizzjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Even if that premise is correct, I don't see the point in bringing it up. It 
is obvious that the majority of NBA players are black nowadays. You are 
stating the obvious. Most hockey players are white. But when people talk 
about hockey, they don't differentiate between black and white players. They 
just talk about hockey.

The racist tones to your comments were not that you said African players 
dominate the game here. It's that you brought it up at all when it is such 
an obvious fact.There was really no point in making the comment. Because you 
did, it appears to be racist. I'm not saying that was your intent, but it is 
definately the tone that I picked up on as well.



> From: Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu (Kestutis Kveraga)
> Reply-To: Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu (kestas)
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: more pack journalism
> Date: 05 Sep 2002 16:03:30 EDT
>
> --- You wrote:
> Doesn't this border on racist crap.  Aren't white players considered more
> fundamental because they lack the athleticsm of the black players. These 
> are
> old and tired stereotypes. So by that crap though, the white players would 
> have
> a pretty good chance.
> --- end of quote ---
>
> First, I'm not sure why noting a difference between athletes of different 
> races
> is considered racist.  People of West African descent have been shown to 
> have
> superior speed-strength both by studies and the results of sporting events 
> in
> which speed-strength plays a crucial role (e.g. 100 m sprint).  This 
> confers a
> significant advantage in basketball.
> It's also not unreasonable to think that in a sport like basketball, that
> requires a multitude of skills and abilities, one has to make up a lack of
> ability in one area by being better in another - if one wants to be as good 
> a
> basketball player as someone who is superior athletically.
> What I am suggesting is that white American players, for the most part, are 
> NOT
> making up that difference. Thus, in the NBA most end up as BWS or decent
> backups. While black NBA stars usually can get by the international 
> competition
> due to their athleticism, their white counterparts typically don't have 
> that
> luxury.
> Who on such a team would scare the better international teams? Wally? 
> Lafrentz?
> The Barry brothers? The 40-year-old Stockton? The out-of-control "White
> Chocolate"? It goes down from there.
>
> My general point is that we're relying on the superior athleticism of the 
> black
> players to win against these teams, not on playing superior basketball, and 
> it
> will eventually not be enough, not even with Shaq, Kobe et al.
> Kestas



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