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Thread #126900   Message #2823665
Posted By: Ebbie
28-Jan-10 - 12:49 PM
Thread Name: BS: Whites CAN Jump; Blacks CAN Succeed
Subject: BS: Whites CAN Jump; Blacks CAN Succeed
Leonard Pitts, Jr. nails it in this column: More in Common than You Might Think


Snippet:
"According to the Chronicle newspaper of Augusta, Ga., Lewis is the commissioner of something called the All-American Basketball Alliance, which hopes to set up shop in 12 cities. "Only players that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league," his statement said.

"Yes, we're talking about a whites-only basketball league.

"But Lewis, you'll be relieved to hear, is no racist. Shucks no, he says. It's just that white fans are tired of black players (cover your eyes, Kobe, D-Wade, LeBron) who rely on "street-ball" athleticism to make up for their lack of fundamental skills."


Another Snippet:

"That's why people who expect to fail usually do. So here is the question we should ask our white kids struggling to hold on to the ball and our black ones struggling to master the equation: What if you expected to succeed?"