Quote:Racial discrimination?

Hardly.

 

Well.. maybe a select few would say "I don't want a white RB because he is white" but it is more along the lines of "white running backs historically aren't anything worth having"

It doesn't make you racist to point out a truth.

 

Mike Alstott, Csonka, Riggins, Woodhead......... I ran out of white RBs that have even been mildly successful...

However we can ramble off loads of black RBs.

 

Why? If it has nothing to do with genetic makeup of race... is it pure happenstance? 

 

I honestly don't have an answer. But to block out the question of whether race has anything to do with a particular skill set is actually kind of silly.

If you think your genetic makeup doesn't alter how fast or strong or smart you are/can be.... well I got nothin for ya.

 

Deeming someone racist or discriminatory when they're are not is the wrong turn, imo.

 

I see your points.  I get what you are saying.  

 

What I'm saying is that blindly assuming a white RB is not worth drafting/pursuing without doing the same amount of due diligence scouting him would be stupid.  Really stupid.  Stupid enough to make me question one's motive. I'll rescind the discrimination comment.  Maybe it's just ignorance and not discrimination. 

 

Ever had the flu?  And also had a sore throat along with that flu?  Next time you got a sore throat, did you just assume you had the flu again?  Or could something else cause a sore throat instead of the flu?  I'm talking about the assumption of causation. It's a trap for fools. 

 

Are there fewer successful white running backs than black running backs historically? Absolutely.  

But the fact that there have actually been successful white RBs means it will likely occur again. Therefore writing off a guy because he's white is stupid. 

 

This exclusionary line of thinking may not be racist, but it's incredibly closed-minded.

 

Also  -   Everyone benefits differently from their genetic code and you don't actually know squat about the genetic codes of many of these young student athletes today by glancing at their skin tone.  We are becoming more homogenized than you may be aware and quickly. You can't decipher a young man's ancestry and genetic make-up so casually, IMO. 

 

Anyway  - carry on fellas.  I just find the thought of dismissing anyone from consideration about ANYTHING due to color to be some backwards and antiquated thinking. 

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