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quote:
Originally posted by laplageauxfolles:
W Aiken --
West Ashley's state championships in three of the last four years could simply not have happened without the contribution of their African-American players. Names quickly coming to mind are Missy Ferguson, Meech Gibbs, Alexis and Alechia Brothers, Danielle and Candace Jordan, and Julie Bolt.
While the reference to minority was earlier in the same post, the African-American reference is pretty clear for the players listed.
Africa is a large continent, with a fair amount of diversity itself. I have an African-American friend - who would be considered white. His Great-grandparents emigrated there from Germany. My Great-grandparents emigrated here from Switzerland. Am I Swiss-American, or do the Scottish, Irish and English parts of my heritage win out? If I move my family to Switzerland, are we American-Swiss, or Swiss-American-Swiss? When tracking our ancestry, do only the last two continents/countries count? If you believe that all of humanity originated in Africa, then all of Wando's team is African-American.
If the question is what portion of our state/country is under-served by a given sport and it's feeder systems, then is a classic race definition an accurate way to measure? If so, then is the Caucasian portion of our state's population under-served in basketball? It seems to me that money and interest limit the exposure that soccer receives amongst children in our state and possibly the rest of the country. If it is just financial, then that makes this the only country in the soccer-playing world where the lower levels of the socio-economic scale do not participate. Did Pele and Maradona come from the middle/upper class suburbs?
Is soccer popular in this country, or is it elitist?
Sorry to continue the tangential nature of this post. However, I did mention Wando.
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deahler --
I think you've got something there...
lpaf
ps: never apologize for tangential. Most of life is tangential.
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There's "race", there's "ethnicity" and there's "birth place".
I believe Ms. Bolt is considered African-American by one (most likely only one) of these definitions.
Go Julie.....Go Clemson!
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What is the difference b/t "race" and "ethnicity"? Thanks.
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Doesn't Wando have a talented Italian-American forward? Couldn't she qualify as a minority in a pinch?
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Chico....explain to Willie the difference between race & ethnicity.
Race = Asian, caucasian, African-American
Ethnicity = Japanese, American, Nigerian
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Who is the Italian-American forward? Cat????
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What dictates Ethnicity?
What is the formula for defining "minority" based on ethnicity, race, and birth place? Are we using life-lines now?
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JUGS, no members of the feline persuasion will not be allowed into the equation. Let us stick to our own genus and species les this thread truly fly to unfounded lands.
(Catenicci/nucci/hochee?)
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Catenacci. Ok... she's not italian-american... i'm not even sure if she has italian in her... but it doesn't matter.
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