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re: Surfing has a diversity problem, seen as a sport for straight white men for too long
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:20 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:20 pm to DavidTheGnome
She obviously does not watch basketball or football. You know, the most popular sports.
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Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:21 pm to DavidTheGnome
Pretty universally slammed in comments.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:30 pm to DavidTheGnome
Mike February is holding it down for the brothas. Pro surfer sponsored by vans.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:31 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
If I were black, I'd be embarrassed these days because of the portrayal of being the biggest pussies on the planet with all the crying going on about every possible thing
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:44 pm to DavidTheGnome
She does realize that surfing was started by “people of color””, no? Or are Native Hawaiians not brown enough?
This post was edited on 9/28/22 at 9:00 am
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:47 pm to DavidTheGnome
What's stopping blacks from using public beaches like everyone else?
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:54 pm to DavidTheGnome
Guess they never been to Brazil
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:54 pm to DavidTheGnome
I've been seeing the hiking community doing the same thing. I guess I'm a goddamn progressive, because I just don't care who hikes with me, and have brought plenty of people who "don't look like me" (WTF does that even mean, we're all human) out on their first hike.
I'm only 32, but in my life I've seen as long as you aren't a raging a-hole, people will want to introduce you to their hobbies.
I'm only 32, but in my life I've seen as long as you aren't a raging a-hole, people will want to introduce you to their hobbies.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:55 pm to DavidTheGnome
Just using race to make a buck.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:57 pm to DavidTheGnome
Absolutely have to allow black folks to win no matter what
Posted on 7/27/20 at 10:08 pm to DavidTheGnome
Be able to swim is racist
Posted on 7/28/20 at 9:30 am to DavidTheGnome
Wanna see what happens when there finally is minority representation in a sport previously dominated by white people?
As a black gay man, I couldn’t see myself reflected in professional tennis – so I forged my own path
Gotta recognize that instead of whining that there aren’t “enough people that represent me”, he went and became that person. But just how fragmented do our sports have to be for society to finally enjoy them?
Of course the common refrain in replies to these topics will almost always bring up the NBA, yet I seriously doubt the lack of Charlie Thompson’s in the league make the game less enjoyable for white fans watching.
As a vertically challenged sports fan, I related more to smaller players like Tremont Waters and Darrel Mitchell than I ever would someone like Jason Williams or the Canadian Steve Nash just because they were the same skin color. John Stockton being one of your favorite players doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a game where talent is more important than skin color.
Unfortunately, the world was made for people who aren’t cursed with self-awareness.
As a black gay man, I couldn’t see myself reflected in professional tennis – so I forged my own path
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As a kid, there’s nothing more important than seeing yourself represented. Yet whenever I watched the great tennis stars on TV, none of their stories ever seemed to fully reflect my own.
Over the years, we’ve seen a whole host of gay female pro tennis players come out and live their truth – from Billie Jean King to Martina Navratilova – but when will we see a high profile black gay man do the same?
Gotta recognize that instead of whining that there aren’t “enough people that represent me”, he went and became that person. But just how fragmented do our sports have to be for society to finally enjoy them?
Of course the common refrain in replies to these topics will almost always bring up the NBA, yet I seriously doubt the lack of Charlie Thompson’s in the league make the game less enjoyable for white fans watching.
As a vertically challenged sports fan, I related more to smaller players like Tremont Waters and Darrel Mitchell than I ever would someone like Jason Williams or the Canadian Steve Nash just because they were the same skin color. John Stockton being one of your favorite players doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a game where talent is more important than skin color.
Unfortunately, the world was made for people who aren’t cursed with self-awareness.
This post was edited on 7/28/20 at 9:31 am
Posted on 7/28/20 at 10:08 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 7/28/20 at 10:13 am to DavidTheGnome
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America’s history of systemic racism plays a major role in discouraging people of color from taking up water sports
I thought it was more the swimming part.
You know, the part where if you can’t swim you drown?
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:08 am to DavidTheGnome
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zoning laws with who could buy land in certain areas and coastal towns,
Does this idiot think 99.99% of surfers own the land they are surfing from?
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:10 am to DavidTheGnome
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but they are also persistent in encouraging people of color to paddle out.
Every fricking Pacific Islander EVER says, “hello”.
Black people have a generational fear of water, better yet a fear of drowning. As a lifeguard and swim instructor as a young man I can tell you it is real. Kids who were terrified of water AND parents who were so terrified they left because they knew they couldn’t watch the lesson. This will take generations to overcome. Bringing Lil’ Alum for swimming lessons 5 years ago I can see it has gotten better. But to the point of open water? Waves? Sharks? Fish?
Anybody can roll on out to the beach with a shitty surfboard and try. Ever since I’ve been alive.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:14 am to DavidTheGnome
quote:no one wants to swim in piss
America’s history of systemic racism plays a major role in discouraging people of color from taking up water sports,
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:15 am to DavidTheGnome
How about hockey, golf, corn hole, bowling, sport fishing?
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