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re: Associated Press is furious about the lack of diversity in upcoming Winter Olympics

Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:34 am to
Posted by Deplorableinohio
Member since Dec 2018
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Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:34 am to
Looks like a high school teacher staff pictures.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
61041 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:34 am to
I think this has become rage bait for the right in the media now. If they weren’t constantly bringing it up, who would really give a shite about this?
Posted by Shreve Perry
Member since Jan 2026
574 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:38 am to
Someone should tell Tartin'esha and Quawnd'drick to grab a curling stone, brooms and get to work. 2030 will be here fo dey no it.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
140573 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:41 am to
quote:

quote:

Diversity is not our strength.


In the olympics it definitely is


But the U.S. is not winning gold metals because of diversity. It's winning gold metals because of talent. Olympic teams are not selecting athletes based on immutable characteristics. They are selecting them based on talent.

ETA: The AP is framing their diversity argument in a manner that diversity should trump talent on Olympic teams.
This post was edited on 1/30/26 at 8:46 am
Posted by ZIGG
Member since Dec 2016
12044 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:42 am to
The AP should just change their headline to what they really mean and want….

“AP: The fact that white people are still allowed to compete or participate in winter sports is a great tragedy.”
Posted by Sunnyvale
Little ST. James
Member since Feb 2024
3340 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:47 am to
The amount of mental gymnastics contained in that short reel that is known as modern journalism.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
65562 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:52 am to
They can cry all they like. This isn't Netflix. Putting browns into white countries won't make them good at skiing. Whites could be 1% of the world population and we'd still dominate the Winter Olympics.

I'm sure someone will start pushing to end the Winter Olympics.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
80931 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:53 am to
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they seem to not care if a more restrictive law is preventing trans athletes from participating in sports in their state.


Trans athletes aren't restricted from participating in sports. They just have to play in the correct division.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
177371 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:55 am to
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In Europe, immigration from Africa and the Middle East has rapidly changed the demographics of the top winter sports countries.

Looks like they’re no longer pretending the replacement isn’t happening.
Posted by Great Plains Drifter
Flyover, U.S.A.
Member since Jul 2019
9925 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:58 am to
So just because they’ve “migrated” to those countries, there’s automatically an assumption that they like winter sports and are being excluded?

Maybe I’m just missing something here but I don’t recall reading or hearing of the numerous natural settings of the Mid-East and Africa affording youngsters growing up in those places the variety of options to hone the skills for their love of downhill skiing, hockey and bobsledding.
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
20024 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:18 am to
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The NBA is more diverse than I would have thought


Let me know when it becomes 68% Caucasian.

The NFL also.
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
21129 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:19 am to
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How's the diversity in swimming going?

Did you see our 2024 Olympic head coach? Black guy, 88 gold medalist... from Suriname Here's a picture of the 200 and 400 free relay ncaa record holders, both set last year... not the 3:1 ratio you'd expect.

Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
21856 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:22 am to
quote:

quote:In Europe, immigration from Africa and the Middle East has rapidly changed the demographics of the top winter sports countries.


Looks like they’re no longer pretending the replacement isn’t happening.


That stood out to me, too. It's at the "Yes, it's happening and here why that's a good thing" part.
Posted by PurpleSingularity
Member since Dec 2017
2836 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:24 am to
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It is a known fact that pigmented humans have distaste for cold.


Which makes Little Mogadishu in Minnesota so amazing
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
10317 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:25 am to
Honest headline: “Why haven’t whites died off and given Europe to Africans and Arabs yet?”
Posted by BigUglies10
Member since Jan 2026
753 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:39 am to
NBA 70% and NFL 65% - STFU
Posted by Bham4Tide
In a Van down by the River
Member since Feb 2011
24684 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 9:42 am to
Now do track and field in the Summer Olympics.

I’ll wait.
Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
38043 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 10:23 am to
Sub-Saharan descendants aren't predisposed with a propensity towards carving snow? I'd have never guessed.
Posted by Vacherie Saint
Member since Aug 2015
47623 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 10:26 am to
It’s bigger than Asia. Diversity is only demanded in a handful of first world, western, predominantly Caucasian counties…… ironically by first world, western, predominantly Caucasian thinkers.
Posted by jrobic4
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
13292 posts
Posted on 1/30/26 at 11:49 am to
Angry Ringo Starr...all the way left, third from bottom
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