And Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the "1619" grift, is so exhausted by white men like Yglesias mentioning that blacks are over-represented in the NBA.
I had mentioned elsewhere that if Republican Central Casting had been tasked to find a strawman with which to argue, they couldn't do a better job than Will Stancil
If it's unseemly to look into why Blacks are overrepresented in the NBA, is it also unseemly to look into why Blacks were underrepresented in the 1950s?
There's no mystery as to why. There was a quota to keep Negro players from taking eighty-percent of the EuroAm slots. It dropped when teams bece more concerned about winning than about race, like the opposite of what happened everywhere else in society.
Back in the 1940s, high protein food - particularly rich in aminoacids needed for rapid childhood growth like lysine, histidine, methionine and phenylalanine - wasn't as cheap as today.
Usually, one would talk of being malnourished if there is kwashiorkor or obvious vitamine deficiencies. I don't think the conditions of the working poor in big cities were as dire as that. But at the same time, you didn't have meat, eggs and dairy spoon fed by the ton. Bread and potatos were cheaper!
On the other hand, instances of type II diabetes were also rarer.
There were no quotas in the early NBA that I know of. It was just that blacks drifted into basketball after World War Two after men like urban builder Robert Moses built more basketball courts in the cities. Basketball was a relatively new game when the NBA was formed in 1947 and nobody made big money in it. For instance, a fellow like Chuck Connors played a season but got a better job as an actor. If you think about it, basketball courts are very cheap to build for cities, cheaper than football or baseball fields. Property is limited and constrained in cities.
And on the average men are taller than women and have more upper body strength. What I want to see the end of is the court established 'Disparate Impact' standard which starts from an assumption of group / subgroup equality. Use relevant and applicable tests and run with the results.
Race is the kryptonite of scientific superpower; it makes truth something to be sealed and hidden away rather than sought after, treasured, and shared.
It's not that significant that blacks are over-represented (what a meaningless term) in the NBA (they happen to be good at basketball for whatever reason). What is important is that incompetent semi-literate female blacks with hair paranoia are over-represented in the corporate media (see any news program, even on Fox).
The same are also overrepresented in government bureaucracies. Basically, government (incl military) and corporate media run super-affirmative action. In NBA it is the outcome of market economics.
Strom had a half black child, not a whole one. If she can't get that right, how can she be right about anything? At least she got rid of the red curls.
What are the odds that nazty Stancil is a Luigi Mangione fan like Taylor Lorenz?
She's applying the one-drop rule. Same as Harvard running super-affirmative action resulting in the majority of the "affirmed" being Biafran or Biracial.
I once pointed out to a very ethnically diverse liberal group in my company that for a group that touted diversity, in thought and speech, they tolerated none.
That was in Seattle, 1994. United Way. In an employee base of 100 there were maybe 5 conservatives. Strangely, that included my black, female boss, a fellow fundraiser and one or two others. Great controversy over the Boy Scout's ban on gay scout leaders and many other issues. The issues were not examined, only the gender, age and color of the head of the Boy Scouts. Little did I know that this was a precursor to the West Coast turning from liberal to the radical left. Glad I'm gone.
My impression is Banana's alleged scientific racism is reserved for lower class whites but I make it a point not to read him so happy to be proved wrong.
Yeah he loves the third world low-IQers but complains about lower class white American low-IQers non-stop and is filled with contempt, scorn and disdain for them. He always writes about black crime and black nationalism. It's a weird, inconsistent theme for him, given his obsession with IQ.
It really takes a lot for a contemporary Anglospheroid to be the most embarrassing figure named "Will S."
There can be no Yglesian-Hananian third way on the hereditarianism. Either there are important average genetic differences between individuals as well as groups, or there aren't. Pretending like it's not important leaves everyone unsatisfied enough to seek whatever other best answers are offered. Systemic racism, blood libel, is by far the most popular alternative answer.
They may even grant (some limited and specific) genetic differences, but the acceptance that expression of genetic differences produces culture that in many ways is predictable is and will remain forever taboo. It must be forced upon deniers, look-the-other-wayers, and hope-for-the-besters of all racial makeups.
Dear Will (future Will, not me today haha): I'm really making a good impression on Bluesky and I'm making lots of friends! You'll never guess who replied to my post today! I'll give you a hint: New York Times... Yes, THAT New York Times. Another hint: 1619 Project.... Yes, THAT 1619 Project. Give up? It was Nikole. Hannah. Jones!!!! She replied to me!!!! Watch out world, Will's going places now! Anyhow, talk to you tomorrow. Who knows who will reply to me next!
Steve, don’t you understand that NHJ is sick and tired of being sick and tired!
Hillary Clinton was kind enough to remind us how tired black womens are
I had mentioned elsewhere that if Republican Central Casting had been tasked to find a strawman with which to argue, they couldn't do a better job than Will Stancil
If it's unseemly to look into why Blacks are overrepresented in the NBA, is it also unseemly to look into why Blacks were underrepresented in the 1950s?
There's no mystery as to why. There was a quota to keep Negro players from taking eighty-percent of the EuroAm slots. It dropped when teams bece more concerned about winning than about race, like the opposite of what happened everywhere else in society.
I suspect blacks weren't as tall back then, and they were more into baseball than basketball.
Back in the 1940s, high protein food - particularly rich in aminoacids needed for rapid childhood growth like lysine, histidine, methionine and phenylalanine - wasn't as cheap as today.
Very good points. Blacks, whether in the South or in the big cities of the North, were usually malnourished until the economic boom of the 50s.
Usually, one would talk of being malnourished if there is kwashiorkor or obvious vitamine deficiencies. I don't think the conditions of the working poor in big cities were as dire as that. But at the same time, you didn't have meat, eggs and dairy spoon fed by the ton. Bread and potatos were cheaper!
On the other hand, instances of type II diabetes were also rarer.
The Harlem Globetrotters won the World Professional Basketball tournament in 1940 and beat the Lakers in 1948
There were no quotas in the early NBA that I know of. It was just that blacks drifted into basketball after World War Two after men like urban builder Robert Moses built more basketball courts in the cities. Basketball was a relatively new game when the NBA was formed in 1947 and nobody made big money in it. For instance, a fellow like Chuck Connors played a season but got a better job as an actor. If you think about it, basketball courts are very cheap to build for cities, cheaper than football or baseball fields. Property is limited and constrained in cities.
I don't think either is a mystery, but only because people looked into it.
And on the average men are taller than women and have more upper body strength. What I want to see the end of is the court established 'Disparate Impact' standard which starts from an assumption of group / subgroup equality. Use relevant and applicable tests and run with the results.
Race is the kryptonite of scientific superpower; it makes truth something to be sealed and hidden away rather than sought after, treasured, and shared.
It's not that significant that blacks are over-represented (what a meaningless term) in the NBA (they happen to be good at basketball for whatever reason). What is important is that incompetent semi-literate female blacks with hair paranoia are over-represented in the corporate media (see any news program, even on Fox).
The same are also overrepresented in government bureaucracies. Basically, government (incl military) and corporate media run super-affirmative action. In NBA it is the outcome of market economics.
Strom had a half black child, not a whole one. If she can't get that right, how can she be right about anything? At least she got rid of the red curls.
What are the odds that nazty Stancil is a Luigi Mangione fan like Taylor Lorenz?
One must remember that Nikole herself is a half-black child, hence the very large anti-white chip on her shoulder.
And she is a light-skinned black woman. Extra big chip on her shoulder for that too.
She's applying the one-drop rule. Same as Harvard running super-affirmative action resulting in the majority of the "affirmed" being Biafran or Biracial.
Luigi Mangione looks a good deal like Chuck Mangione.
I don't know if Luigi can play the sax but I bet Luigi's mother and Chuck's mother made a good meatball with sauce.
One drop and you're all black?
The rule was invented before transfusions. Don't sweat it.
yes but it was a whole child.
Variety isn't the Good Diversity.
Most underrated comment.
I once pointed out to a very ethnically diverse liberal group in my company that for a group that touted diversity, in thought and speech, they tolerated none.
I'll bet that went over like a fart in church.
That was in Seattle, 1994. United Way. In an employee base of 100 there were maybe 5 conservatives. Strangely, that included my black, female boss, a fellow fundraiser and one or two others. Great controversy over the Boy Scout's ban on gay scout leaders and many other issues. The issues were not examined, only the gender, age and color of the head of the Boy Scouts. Little did I know that this was a precursor to the West Coast turning from liberal to the radical left. Glad I'm gone.
My impression is Banana's alleged scientific racism is reserved for lower class whites but I make it a point not to read him so happy to be proved wrong.
He hasn't changed any of his racial hereditarian beliefs. He just seems to think not talking about them nor paying them any mind is the best answer.
He's wrong. It's only made things worse, and will continue to.
Yeah he loves the third world low-IQers but complains about lower class white American low-IQers non-stop and is filled with contempt, scorn and disdain for them. He always writes about black crime and black nationalism. It's a weird, inconsistent theme for him, given his obsession with IQ.
Inevitable that MattyChurch would get flak for trying to bridge the divide on Ze Race Question.
Watching NHJ miss the point: must be a day ending in Y.
This is getting to be so boring. Can we argue about whether it is hotter in the summer or hotter in the winter next?
It really takes a lot for a contemporary Anglospheroid to be the most embarrassing figure named "Will S."
There can be no Yglesian-Hananian third way on the hereditarianism. Either there are important average genetic differences between individuals as well as groups, or there aren't. Pretending like it's not important leaves everyone unsatisfied enough to seek whatever other best answers are offered. Systemic racism, blood libel, is by far the most popular alternative answer.
They may even grant (some limited and specific) genetic differences, but the acceptance that expression of genetic differences produces culture that in many ways is predictable is and will remain forever taboo. It must be forced upon deniers, look-the-other-wayers, and hope-for-the-besters of all racial makeups.
Will's diary that night:
Dear Will (future Will, not me today haha): I'm really making a good impression on Bluesky and I'm making lots of friends! You'll never guess who replied to my post today! I'll give you a hint: New York Times... Yes, THAT New York Times. Another hint: 1619 Project.... Yes, THAT 1619 Project. Give up? It was Nikole. Hannah. Jones!!!! She replied to me!!!! Watch out world, Will's going places now! Anyhow, talk to you tomorrow. Who knows who will reply to me next!
- Will
I hope to see more "Will's diary" entries in this comments section.
You've got to feel sorry for poor Nikole, having to deal with "literally sophomoric" reasoning. It's so much worse than regular sophomoric reasoning.
She must mean that the reasoning is simultaneously wise and stupid.
Or she found an actual sophomore doing the reasoning.
“then along came the dogma of diversity, so awareness of variety become unseemly among the better sort of people“
No awareness of differences = noticing goes out the window as well.
Ida Bae Wells writes a lot of words in order to say nothing really. Her logic works at Howard or Morgan or Prairie View.