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Ask the question in reverse: as an extreme, if you could set the rules and material conditions to participate, could you come up with a sport that will filter o
by makeitdouble 4y ago
Ask the question in reverse: as an extreme, if you could set the rules and material conditions to participate, could you come up with a sport that will filter out most members of specific parts of the population ?
- yucky 4y agoWell anything that requires strength and speed will filter out all females, and most males. Which is what we see in professional sports that are open to all genders.
- decafninja 4y agoYou could argue a particular race is extremely underrepresented in professional basketball and American football. How many Asians do you see in the NBA or NFL? As an Asian myself, I have no problem admitting most Asian males simply don’t have the ideal physique to be competitive at the pro level at these sports. You might have extreme outliers like Yao Ming, but that’s exactly what he is - an extreme outlier. Far fewer - extremely fewer, Asian males are likely to have the ideal physique to be a NBA or NFL player than say, Whites or Blacks. Do I see a problem with this? Not at all.
- yucky 4y agoSo then why would we assume innate ability (physical or mental) isn't a cause elsewhere that we see unequal racial or gender representation?