Adam Felder and Seth Amitin do their best in a recent article for The Atlantic to find ‘racism’ in the terminology used by baseball announcers on television. Apparently, adjectives for professional baseball players is the latest and most exciting front in the ‘civil rights’ movement for equality, universalism and sameness. They begin their lengthy article by stating, ‘Sports broadcasting history is littered with stories of announcers making offensive remarks about a player’s race.’ With that sort of blanket-statement as a starting-point, the only surprise in the article is that these two anti-Whites couldn’t find find more ‘racism’ and ‘hate’ than what they did. Ultimately, they conclude there is ‘national’ bias in that the announcer prefer US players over foreign (mostly Hispanic) players.
You’re racist!
Our analysis shows that while black players are not discriminated against, foreign-born players—of which the vast majority are Latino—find themselves at a disadvantage….
Players born in the US or Canada are 10 percent more likely to be praised for their effort. White players are 10 percent more likely to be praised for their character.
I call Bravo Sierra as many top shelf players in MLB are Latin. Actually, I think baseball has the best system in all sports as all players have to earn their way to the “bigs” through college, the draft, Rookie Leagues and the Minor Leagues. I also believe most of their athletes are more model citizens compared to the thuggishness of the NBA, CFL and NFL players. My analysis is not scientific like this supposed study, but I bet mine is more accurate.
I am with you Confederate Papist. Its Barbara Streisand (sp?) pure and simple.
Deo Vindice