Posted on 05/18/2007 6:56:22 AM PDT by T.Smith
And there are few too whites in the NBA.
Hmmm...a major influx of Asian and Carribbean players in the last 15 years and the sport isn't "diverse" enough?
we must celebrate diversity, even if it means diluting the final product../s
Because they all think they will be the next Michael Jordan, Hank my man. Just look in the hood. You don’t see black kids playing baseball. Even six year olds are bouncing a basketball between their legs, doing tricks with the ball, all planning, against unbelieveable odds that they will be the next Michael or LeBron. They all think they are it. No school, no problem. I am going to be the next LeBron. Who cares if I can read, write, spell, whatever. That is what I will pay my agent to do for me. I.E. Mike Tyson. Can’t spell his name, but can name the last four winners of Dancing with the Stars!
I’m worried about the lack of japanese in pro basketball and the lack of pygmies in the NFL.
Any white guy who said: “Whites have played an important role in basketball. The decline is a problem and I feel like I can make the difference.” would be pilloried. Sharpton and the media would go ballistic.
>>>And there are few too whites in the NBA.
I was going to say something along those lines myself...same is true for the NFL...
...and, only three Asians, I've read. Where's the out cry?
Why isn’t the race baiter worried about the NHL?
There all too busy playing Gangsta-ball.
You nailed it!
And no Indians at all!!
It’s tpo much of a hassle to play baseball. All you need to play basketball is a ball, and one other guy. Baseball? you need a bat, a ball, gloves, and at least 12 guys. And you stand around most of the time doing nothing.
It is ironic that the sport in which the color barrier was broken now has almost no black guys playing. It’s all white and Hispanic guys, although I bet there will be a very large number of Asians playing in 15 years.
Aaron’s full of garbage. There are more “ballpayers of color” than ever before in the history of the game. He only refers to so-called Afro-Americans and does not include those of hispanic culture.
Gotta love how having a Spanish surname automatically makes you non-black, even if you are Sammy Sosa, Albert Pujols, Mariano Rivera, etc.
I dream of a day when we will judge a man on the contents of his batting, and not the color of his skin. I HAVE A DREAM!
Can’t make a horse drink from the stream (whatever that saying is). You can give everyone the opportunity to begin playing baseball at a young age, but you can’t force anyone. It appears there might not be enough interest. Try another sport and see how it is going.
I wonder how Hammerin’ Hank would feel if say, Whitey Honkeyboy, a slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals were about to break his record as opposed to a member of his self-defined tribe.
If Aaron truly wants to do “his” race some good he should speak longly and loudly about the FUNDAMENTAL importance of a stable nuclear family. Brothas need to stop actin’ like Tomcats and sistas need to stop acting like Ho’s.
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