jimmy eat jazz
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You do realize that there are other sports, several of which are dominated by whites? Hockey, soccer, swimming, skiing, etc.
If, however, you can point to evidence of systemic bias against white b-ball players, I'd be interested in seeing it. It may exist, who knows? I suspect there is some 'racial profiling' going on where it comes to, say, football, where it comes to different skill positions. Year ago, for example, I remember Mark Bellini, WR for BYU, commenting that he faced racial profiling in the NFL, which he felt pigeonholed him as a 'possession' (aka white) receiver. For years, Black quarterbacks faced it, as did, I think, black coaches. If, such racial profiling does exist, in either direction, then I believe no less that the system needs to be reformed, just like I think the system is most likely such that it produces bias in handing out Oscars.
Like so many things, its the institutions that need reforming, often people are just operating under the rules established by the institution, and are not inherently biased, although sometimes they are biased, whether because the institution corrupts them that way, or through a process of self-selection by which people of a particular bent are attracted to institutions that share their values.
