Affirmative Sports
A brief observation with a humorous intent before the weekend, when I hope to actually finish a post about the “national energy crisis.” In the meantime however…
My brother (himself a basketball player) was watching the NBA finals this week, and I joined him briefly for part of the second-to-last game. He made the observation that he had only seen “one white guy” on the Boston Celtics team, “and he is Asian.” No, I don’t know if this is true or not, but I found it amusing that the Boston Celtics, named after the very white country of Ireland, have a team composed primarily of black players. In our modern higher education, this would be cause for affirmative action to even the playing field, to allow white students an opportunity to play. No such interest in feel-good lower doubler-standards exists in the sports world, where story after story will tell you that talent is the only currency required to succeed. If only we could be so consistent in all areas of our lives.
