Sowell: Football and Fallacies

Creators Syndicate ^ | November 23, 2016 | Thomas Sowell

[zeugma]

The Dolphins also had a kicker back in the 80s named Igwebuike. He was from Nigeria, I think. They may have had both a black punter AND a black kicker at the same time.

Not knowing anything at all about the player except that he was a black punter from Nigeria, I'd be willing to bet just about everything I own that he was a soccer player in Nigeria. The funny thing IMO is that in his native country, they likely called it "football". I'd never thought about or noticed the racial disparity of punters (alas, a different thing entirely in Britain) but it can easily be explained because a lot of them probably used to play soccer. Not much of a "black" sport in this country. Not so overseas.

[foreverfree]

bump (and run)

[rdb3]

I stopped reading Sowell after his National Review anti-Trump rant. I’ve read most of his books, but I’ve removed them from my library shelf. Sowell does not exist for me anymore. Very sad, very sad. I’ve still got Milton Friedman.

Two points, if I may.

1. No one asked you when or if or why you stopped reading Dr. Sowell's writings.
2. You saw Dr. Sowell's name on the thread header, yet still chimed in for whatever reason.

Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.

[Gene Eric]

>> Politicians, the intelligentsia and even the Supreme Court of the United States have been saying for decades that statistical disparities between racial groups indicate discrimination. If so, then the racial disparities among kickers in professional football exceed that in virtually any other job anywhere.

Which is to say... the Left’s threshold of achievement is often dictated by the least acceptable performer.

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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, Jaz!

[jazusamo]

Thank you much, Gene! And a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

[GOPJ]

Politicians, the intelligentsia and even the Supreme Court of the United States have been saying for decades that statistical disparities between racial groups indicate discrimination. If so, then the racial disparities among kickers in professional football exceed that in virtually any other job anywhere.

A hundred years from now people will be unable to understand the brilliance of a Sowell... Why? Because he digs down to the universal to the truth devoid of momentary 'fashion'. In a hundred years people will say, 'of course - who doesn't know that?'...

Well, in "our" time people don't 'get it'... so please future people - see this from the eyes of our culture in our time. Sowell's amazing.