Beebs, I think you're wrong.
Consider socioeconomics and the impact that has on "white" culture and "black" culture.
The fact that blacks are a minority in this country and whites are the majority does not mean that it will be the same in the athletic arena. I mean why stop at black/white? Where are all the mexican basketball players, and all the asian football stars? There are more mexicans than blacks, and not that many more blacks than asians, after all. My point is a lot of what's going on is cultural, not racism. Affirmative action doesn't work in athletic competition because nobody cares about being PC in that arena, they only care about results.
Here's another example...Let's take men's gymnastics. I'm pretty sure the white to black ratio is considerable, and I'm willing to bet it's because most black's don't care, or haven't considered competing in gymnastics. The same can be said for golf before Woods came along.
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