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20 Jan 2021, 2:22 pm

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The scottish people invented golf and Europeans dominated the sport until a certain African-Thai dude dropped into the game and changed everything.


Someone shoulda thought of that five pages ago. :lol:

This whole miserable thread would have put out it's misery at it's inception if someone had only responded to the original post by typing just two words:"Tiger", and "Woods". :lol:


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This thread is about objective intellectual freedoms of thought, and the insidious nature of weaponised political correctness. 8)


Thats not what the original post was about.



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20 Jan 2021, 2:56 pm

The OP is about a stereotype....very possibly clickbait.



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20 Jan 2021, 3:34 pm

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Do different races have different inborn aptitudes?

When someone with only 65 posts starts a thread about a sensitive topic like this...one tends to get suspicious that the person is trolling.

Just sayin.


65 posts seems a decent number to me. How many posts does a person have to make before you will give them the benefit of the doubt?

The fact that accusations of trolling get thrown around so easily in this sub-forum in instances like this really shows what an ideological bubble most of the posters on this sub-forum live inside.



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20 Jan 2021, 3:37 pm

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None of this is even going into the fact that race is fake and Africans and those in the diaspora are not monolithic and identical.

There are other social factors at play that encourage those of African descent to seek success in sports. Why are Jamaicans and Kenyans such good runners? They have a less sedentary lifestyle and running teams can be formed and practice without needing to shell out money for equipment or facilities that you might need for eg: baseball. Underfunded schools with no money for other sports programs? Track and cross-country are your best options.
I'd wager another part of it is racism against those of African descent. Your racist English teacher can keep you out of college by rationalizing giving you a failing grade. Racist college admissions offices can decide you shouldn't get in or get this or that scholarship. Your racist boss can rationalize firing you or passing you over for a promotion. If you're great at sports though, people can't argue with the scoreboard. In a racist society, sports is a comparative meritocracy.


Everything is racist when it comes to black people isn't it? Nobody would care in the slightest if I said Asians where shorter on average that other races but as soon as someone mentions the word "black".....even if it's to say they're good at sports people start to go apeshit.

Of course races exist. They each have their own physical appearances and cultures that differ to others.


Actually, race is simply a social category. It is not a biological one. Biologically, race does not exist.


So I can become black or Asian any time I desire?


I notice nobody has answered Nades's question. Can they answer it now?

I mean, a lot of people sure got upset when they found out Rachel Dolezal wasn't really black.



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20 Jan 2021, 3:59 pm

I cannot "become" Asian or black---because I don't have Asian or black African ancestry.

If I had African ancestry, I could "technically" call myself black.

In the old days, if a person had a great-great grandparent (1/16th), or a 3 times great-grandparent (1/32nd) who was black (depending on the state), that person was considered black "legally."



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20 Jan 2021, 6:17 pm

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20 Jan 2021, 6:24 pm

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Chinese people are very good at ping pong.

Americans are good at the sport of timed Hot Dog Eating.

Wieners: Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (pictured) ate 71 hot dogs in 10 minutes, Darron Breeden, who ate 50 franks in 10 minutes.
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https://brooklynreporter.com/2019/07/jo ... 0-minutes/


Gee,,,[sniff]... you have just restored my ....faith in AMERICA!! !! :D

We never win at soccer, but by golly...we are the world greatest lard-asses!

The Germans invented the Frankfurter, and the Austrians invented the Wiener, but by golly...we even beat them out in putting them away!



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20 Jan 2021, 9:19 pm

slam_thunderhide wrote:
Nades wrote:
Jiheisho wrote:
Nades wrote:
roronoa79 wrote:
None of this is even going into the fact that race is fake and Africans and those in the diaspora are not monolithic and identical.

There are other social factors at play that encourage those of African descent to seek success in sports. Why are Jamaicans and Kenyans such good runners? They have a less sedentary lifestyle and running teams can be formed and practice without needing to shell out money for equipment or facilities that you might need for eg: baseball. Underfunded schools with no money for other sports programs? Track and cross-country are your best options.
I'd wager another part of it is racism against those of African descent. Your racist English teacher can keep you out of college by rationalizing giving you a failing grade. Racist college admissions offices can decide you shouldn't get in or get this or that scholarship. Your racist boss can rationalize firing you or passing you over for a promotion. If you're great at sports though, people can't argue with the scoreboard. In a racist society, sports is a comparative meritocracy.


Everything is racist when it comes to black people isn't it? Nobody would care in the slightest if I said Asians where shorter on average that other races but as soon as someone mentions the word "black".....even if it's to say they're good at sports people start to go apeshit.

Of course races exist. They each have their own physical appearances and cultures that differ to others.


Actually, race is simply a social category. It is not a biological one. Biologically, race does not exist.


So I can become black or Asian any time I desire?


I notice nobody has answered Nades's question. Can they answer it now?

I mean, a lot of people sure got upset when they found out Rachel Dolezal wasn't really black.


I'm one of the left who have no problem with transracialism. Race is a social construct so I don't care about people changing their race as it's about as useful as changing your hair colour or your clothes.



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20 Jan 2021, 9:21 pm

Even though my wife is black....I can never be black just because of my relationship with her :wink:



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20 Jan 2021, 9:28 pm

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Even though my wife is black....I can never be black just because of my relationship with her :wink:


Its about acceptance. If you know the culture and incorporate it into your life and your wife (perhaps her family) accepts your desire then why not?.



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20 Jan 2021, 9:30 pm

The family accepts me----but they will never think I'm black LOL

I'm more an "honorary Trinidadian" than an "honorary black person."



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20 Jan 2021, 9:38 pm

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The family accepts me----but they will never think I'm black LOL

I'm more an "honorary Trinidadian" than an "honorary black person."


What do you think of Tom Hank's son Patois to sound Jamaican?



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20 Jan 2021, 9:39 pm

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The family accepts me----but they will never think I'm black LOL

I'm more an "honorary Trinidadian" than an "honorary black person."


BTW it's honorary Trini :D



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20 Jan 2021, 10:02 pm

It’s both. Trini and Trinidadian.

I don’t really care what Tom Hanks son does....



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21 Jan 2021, 2:24 am

Question is Hanks Jr showing cultural appreciation or appropriation?
His fans look to him as a role model so there's a bit riding on the court of public opinion



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21 Jan 2021, 4:42 am

naturalplastic wrote:
Pepe wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
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The scottish people invented golf and Europeans dominated the sport until a certain African-Thai dude dropped into the game and changed everything.


Someone shoulda thought of that five pages ago. :lol:

This whole miserable thread would have put out it's misery at it's inception if someone had only responded to the original post by typing just two words:"Tiger", and "Woods". :lol:


You may have missed it.
This thread is about objective intellectual freedoms of thought, and the insidious nature of weaponised political correctness. 8)


Thats not what the original post was about.


Let us agree to disagree. 8)