Tapsearch Com EditorOut of the park
September 14th 2007 22:00
Larry Thornberry has a terrific piece in The American Spectator. It's about the "dearth" of blacks in baseball.
To me this fact stood out the most:
...27 percent of Major League Baseball players in 1975 were African American, but "only" 8.4 percent are now...
America is about 13 percent black, so if anything, the new number is closer to that magical formula of every race being proportionately represented in every field. The new number signifies about 35 percent underrepresentation, compared to more than 100 percent overrepresentation previously.
That's important because, you know, no ethnic group has higher or lower ability for, or places higher or lower emphasis on, any field than any other ethnic group does.
If anything, their bemoaning the current numbers indicates that liberals believe blacks are better athletes, and therefore should have higher representation.
To me this fact stood out the most:
...27 percent of Major League Baseball players in 1975 were African American, but "only" 8.4 percent are now...
America is about 13 percent black, so if anything, the new number is closer to that magical formula of every race being proportionately represented in every field. The new number signifies about 35 percent underrepresentation, compared to more than 100 percent overrepresentation previously.
That's important because, you know, no ethnic group has higher or lower ability for, or places higher or lower emphasis on, any field than any other ethnic group does.
If anything, their bemoaning the current numbers indicates that liberals believe blacks are better athletes, and therefore should have higher representation.
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