Does anybody see this as evidence that background and income is what pushes minorities to become athletes more than whites? They stated American Somaons on average make 4,000 dollars a year or something to that extent. To them, its either play football, or be in extreme poverty for the rest of ur life. Its not NEARLY that bad in even the worst ghettos of continental U.S. Sure they live in poverty, but its one thing to be an American in poverty and another thing to be in poverty in what is essentially a 3rd world country.
Having said that, whites should still make up a larger part of the NFL, if not majority, just by playing the numbers game in terms of population. Instead, the idea of blacks being better atheletes is COMPLETELY overblown. When everyone sees 8 black men lined up at the olypmic 100 meter finals, they (usually white people) will make some joke about how white people are so inferior, i've heard it so many times, i'm so sick of self-loathing.
No one bothers to think that in the semi-finals, quarter-finals, etc that there were white sprinters competing. Not too mention that these are the 8 fastest men (out of possible 6-7 billion) in the world. No one in the NFL currently is anywhere near olympic speeds. Devin Hester, the supposed fastest man in the NFL or used to be at least, ran only a 10.4 (Tim Dwight ran a 10.2, just to throw that tidbit in there) on the track. Good luck against Usain Bolt's 9.59, Hester would be catching Bolt's track spikes with his teeth.
Where am i going with that? Well since no one in the NFL has olympic speed, the "field" should be alot more open to players who are "slower", right? Apparently not. Well, at least not when your white. Whites with speed simply get pushed under the rug. I dont know any other way to explain it. They just don't get the offers you see black athletes with similar stats and skill sets recieve.
Its ingrained in people's head (i will admit its ingrained in my head too from when i was kid, i have to stop myself in midthought im not lying) that when they see a white athlete succeed they think "just imagine if that was a black athlete in there how much better it would be". When they fail we think "well of course he missed that catch/tackle, hes a white athlete".
As a result, black athletes get the nod over white athletes because its automatically assumed they will get the job done better. Do i have any evidence to back this up? nope, just myself when i catch myself thinking these things. It's unfortunate that to bring topics like this up in the mainstream media people are labeled as racists if there is any "pro-white" sentiments. and even if they arent directly labeled, its always in the back of peoples minds.
