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Originally Posted by Fruit Ninja
white folks can ball now days. There are some really really damned good ones.
If you can play, then play
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I saw some article a couple of years ago that I thought was really interesting.
It mentioned the NBA as an example of cultural bias, and linked it to lower school test scores among minorities.
There are a fair number of white NBA players, but the vast majority are non-American. At the time of the article, I think it said there was only one white American in the league (or one white American starter, something like that). However, there were a fair number of foreign white people.
The article made the comment that white Americans are culturally infused with the notion that blacks are better at basketball, so they give up easily and don't have the persistence to succeed at an elite level, because they feel that they have an inherent disadvantage. White foreigners don't have the same issue, so they soldier on and do just fine.
The article then said something like, "Do you see the parallel between this and lower standardized test scores for blacks and Hispanics?"
I thought it was an interesting observation in how people internalize societal expectations.