I can't agree, since one of the first posts to this thread was by a black person.

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In todays environment - white people do have to be very polite with an arms length air on this subject lest we be branded a racist or bigot or what have you. It's not really a subject non-minorities can discuss candidly.

I grew up in a largely minority neighborhood. Years of first hand experience taught me that one can not just be candid regarding this subject matter.

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Ehm, just skimming over the thread here, I'm pretty sure 3rdKnight will take issue with the Pale Complexion Theory. While not black, I'm also sure that Suntrack2 and some of our non-white, non-black members might find themselves scratching their heads at your assertion.

Thou shalt never assume.

I grew up modest middle class. My parents could have encouraged golf if they felt like it - but it would have been cost prohibitive. It would have required sacrifice to encourage it the way one would have to participate to join the pro ranks. There were far more important things to spend money on that were chosen instead. I had a school yard and basketball court right behind my house. I could've practiced a few hours a day, every day if I had been so inclined.

Just because they are capable of it - doesn't mean it's a choice people of limited means will make. Bottom line is it's not as inexpensive nor as widely supported by the community as Basketball, Baseball, or Football are.

We are discussing the disparity in professional athletics - not just weekend warriors here, correct?

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Spock Jenkins of the Vulcan Jenkins'.

How much?

There are some I'm sure. Do we really need a poll for this?

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And so it was, however late . . .

This just popped up on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science...ace/index.html

We´d need defniitions first.

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I also fail to understand why, even if the board is predominately white - why does it have to be "hideously" white. If this was a predominately black board and you were to call it "hideously" black - how would that be received? Sometimes things just are. This is a largely anonymous message board freely accessable to all who are interested in the subject matter and are willing to post within the rules. If the majority of the people happen to be white - so be it. If they aren't - again - so be it. I don't see why it's necessary to lable it "hideously" anything.

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Spock Jenkins of the Vulcan Jenkins'.

I think Spock Jenkins pretty much nailed it.

That's not too hard. On the scale of 1-5. Or use this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:M...n_hue_equi.png

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And so it was, however late . . .

What race are the green-skinned people?

That map is obviously "false-color", to use a term we are familiar with from astronomy.

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"A witty saying proves nothing." Voltaire

I never realized you were prone to assessing someone's race without actually seeing him or her!

If you looked at it without bias, you'd see that other races are referred to in just the same abstract terms. It's because statistical data about people is always referred to with third-person plurals, because it's about some large number of people who identities don't need to be specified, aren't relevant, and are mostly unknown to the speaker. There's no other way statistical data can be talked about, because statistics isn't about individuals that you or I know.

mmm I can't disagree, perhaps it has an timed trigger.

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It's ok not to know. We should try harder to find out.

I'm green, and I am offended.

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And so it was, however late . . .

Good one!

The timer just popped and he shot himself in the foot.

Why assume what race most posters are? I don't think the majority have identified their particular race/ethnicity. Since the comments in the OP that started this ball rolling were about black people in particular, then it makes sense to say "blacks/black people" in the responses.

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I'm sure I have some black ancestors in the mix too. Well-travelled Mediterranians got around, if you know what I mean. In between the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, somewhere.

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Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Illuminati's Razor-The most complicatedly evil answer is usually the most correct answer. - Fazor
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort