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Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 5:33 pm
by 90sgoat
Not trolling or trying to start a flame war.
I do honestly think it is rather racist that there are no white players on the team USA basketball team. Particlarly when we've seen how poorly they are playing. Why isn't Hayward, Parsons, Love, Kyle Korver, one of the Plumlee's, on the team?
This isn't a game of pick the most athletic, it's a game of pick the most suited to win an olympic tournament and those guys above are a perfect fit for the game.
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 6:04 pm
by curryking3
You have to be able to jump to join a basketball team.
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 6:07 pm
by 90sgoat
curryking3 wrote:You have to be able to jump to join a basketball team.
I know black people think this, but Bird and Stockton could not jump and they made a lot of jumping players look like fools.
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 6:09 pm
by curryking3
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:17 pm
by JN
90sgoat wrote:curryking3 wrote:You have to be able to jump to join a basketball team.
I know black people think this, but Bird and Stockton could not jump and they made a lot of jumping players look like fools.
So you think black people don't understand basketball as well as a white person like yourself?
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:24 pm
by 90sgoat
JN wrote:90sgoat wrote:curryking3 wrote:You have to be able to jump to join a basketball team.
I know black people think this, but Bird and Stockton could not jump and they made a lot of jumping players look like fools.
So you think black people don't understand basketball as well as a white person like yourself?
I think black basketball culture as a general perception definitely is more focused on athleticism and one on one play.
Are you even trying to debate here or just going to go 'wow just wow'?
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:10 pm
by Dr Positivity
Hayward and Love turned it down cause of Zika and rest I believe. Parsons is coming off surgery. Korver had a bad season last year. Team probably has enough Cs already to not take Plumlee. Redick probably is the best choice instead of Barnes or just taking Korver
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:54 pm
by TheOUTLAW
90sgoat wrote:curryking3 wrote:You have to be able to jump to join a basketball team.
I know black people think this, but Bird and Stockton could not jump and they made a lot of jumping players look like fools.
What?
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:56 pm
by TheOUTLAW
It is not racist that there are no white people on this team. Well unless you think that the white coach and predominately white structure has somehow biases the system against white players making the team.
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:44 pm
by 90sgoat
If in anything else representing USA you pick 12 white guys and no others, don't you think people would call it racist?
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:45 pm
by 90sgoat
TheOUTLAW wrote:90sgoat wrote:curryking3 wrote:You have to be able to jump to join a basketball team.
I know black people think this, but Bird and Stockton could not jump and they made a lot of jumping players look like fools.
What?
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:52 pm
by guille_4
It's racist to question whether it's racist that team USA basketball has no whites.
Best 12 players available are selected, independently of their skin color or race.
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:29 pm
by TheTrooper
Hayward and Love turned the team down. Both of them would be very useful at the moment and are legit stars, but you cant force someone to play.
Parsons was injured or had surgery ?
Who else is there who could be there ? Korver and Redick could have been in Rio as role players looking at things from FIBA perspective.
edit. You could make Klay white if you want to. His skin tone is one of a white man.
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:41 pm
by TheOUTLAW
90sgoat wrote:TheOUTLAW wrote:90sgoat wrote:
I know black people think this, but Bird and Stockton could not jump and they made a lot of jumping players look like fools.
What?
You do realize that is a movie that was likely written, paid for and produced by white people? I'm not even sure what your point was for bringing that up.
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:43 pm
by TheOUTLAW
90sgoat wrote:If in anything else representing USA you pick 12 white guys and no others, don't you think people would call it racist?
Such naivete or is it willful ignorance. It's almost like you've never watched the olympics before . There are quite a few things in life that work exactly that way.
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:41 am
by bakesale
90sgoat wrote:If in anything else representing USA you pick 12 white guys and no others, don't you think people would call it racist?
The selectors are mostly white. If black guys dominated the sport and all white guys were chosen to represent Team USA then yes that would be racist.
But if white people like in Croatia and Serbia dominate the game in those countries and so get selected, it's not racist at all.
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:38 am
by Pachinko_
90sgoat wrote:Not trolling or trying to start a flame war.
I do honestly think it is rather racist that there are no white players on the team USA basketball team. Particlarly when we've seen how poorly they are playing. Why isn't Hayward, Parsons, Love, Kyle Korver, one of the Plumlee's, on the team?
This isn't a game of pick the most athletic, it's a game of pick the most suited to win an olympic tournament and those guys above are a perfect fit for the game.
I believe it's actually the opposite
it would be racist if you forced players of a specific race into a team because you must keep some sort of a ratio.
the non racist thing is to put the best players on a team regardless of their race.
I find that token representation of a race in a team is a *very* racist thing to do. You are effectively acknowledging that you are not being objective and you are validating racial discrimination.
PS I'm white. These guys are good. No two ways about it.
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:44 am
by 90sgoat
Ok, so in basketball it's not racist to only pick black people because they are the best, so why do you have affirmative action in other walks of life?
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:15 pm
by Pachinko_
its a first step I guess, when things are really ****
it's still ****, but at least it's a step
Re: Is it racist that team USA basketball has no whites?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:08 pm
by Edrees
About as racist that there are no asians or indians
