Open-Minded Liberals at it again

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(03-16-2017, 03:07 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I've seen this argument before and I tend to agree with it.  Players are steered away from "non-traditional" positions by coaches.  

In addition to that, there's also cultural stereotypes for which sports people play.

When I look at the lacrosse, hockey, baseball, tennis, and wrestling teams at my schools, they're very white. My school is about 31% white and 33% black, so it's not like it's just the make up of the school. Those sports tend to be dominated by white players at the professional.

Are white people naturally better at those sports? No, they're just more likely to grow up watching or playing them, so they are more likely to be the athletes in those sports.

Culturally, black Americans are more likely to grow up playing basketball and football, so they're over represented in those sports.

We have more MLB players than NFL players from Latin America and the Caribbean, some black and some latino. Why? Cause baseball is more popular there. 

Quote:It is interesting though, how we as human beings tend to more easily accept arguments regarding the differences in physical attributes by race and how conversely we are extremely uncomfortable by the same concept when applied to intelligence.

I hope it's because we recognize the effect poverty has on educational attainment, but the likely answer is just that people, whether knowingly or not, see the physical attributes as positive and intelligence as being too tied with eugenics.