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Great. Now give Asian Americans affirmative action in the NBA. Any mental gymnastics used to support affirmative action in business or schooling should also ap
by turtlecloud 6y ago
Great. Now give Asian Americans affirmative action in the NBA.
Any mental gymnastics used to support affirmative action in business or schooling should also apply to sports. If I hear someone complaining about lack of representation of X in certain field I will gladly point at NBA and Asian Americans ask them out that.
- dbbljack 6y agowhy do you think schools and sports entertainment need the same representation rules?
- turtlecloud 6y agoIn general, Americans can name more professional sports stars than politicians Pro Sports is not just entertainment. It serves a psychological purpose for the masses.
- dbbljack 6y agoI'm not sure if any of that is true or if any of it leads logically to a need for affirmative action in the ranks of the entertainers.
- ikeyany 6y agoIs it important for all races to be equally represented in every field, or is it important for all races to have the ability to advance socio-econmically even if you are born poor? One will result in focusing on education as a means for social mobility.
- MiroF 6y ago> Any mental gymnastics used to support affirmative action in business or schooling should also apply to sports. Wealth disparities obviously lead to differences in academic achievement, I am not sure it is anywhere near so clear cut for things like the NBA. I find the whole undercurrent of your comment somewhat unsettling, as if the NBA is to Black people what college is to Asian people.
- magicsmoke 6y agoSure, can you come up with an argument that AAs have a unique historical circumstance that crippled their athletic abilities, that this circumstance was bought about by decisions America made in the past, and that it is beneficial for the stability of the future of American society to fix this imbalance. If so you have a case to argue.