re: First time in NBA history there will be no white players participating in ASG

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Processing things differently is fine, but I'd like to think people could agree that race is such a lazy way to excuse why things are the way they are.

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Again though, while there are certainly times it is an excuse, sometimes it is an actual explanation. My issue is with both sides. One side uses it as an excuse, and the other side will always say they're using it as an excuse even when it may be obviously so. Both of those sides suck, pretty simply put.

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, but I can say I consider myself blessed to have been raised in such a way that I look inward for what went wrong rather than outward for someone to blame. That approach manifest itself even with something as trivial as the OP - my first inclination is that white players should have performed better, not that deserving white players were overlooked for black players

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But would you do the same if you've experienced a shite ton of negative exmaples throughout your life solely because of your race?

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. I'd like to think that could become a more universal approach to things like this.

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I certainly agree obviously. I agree with your overall premise, I'm just saying the lack of understanding as to why it's not nearly as easy for the minority cultures to see things this way 100% of the time is just being naive(not saying you specifically have done that)