Sunday, July 22, 2012

Is Race Relevant on the USA Men's Basketball Team?

It may seem like a stretch, but ever since I got into watching basketball around the age of 5, I was able to recognize the differences in regards to the way the players looked. Learning about how segregation kept black players off of the court during the early days of the NBA taught me why there wasn't a strong presence of them back then. During the time that I've been alive though, all I've known is the majority of players on the court to be minority in color. So that made me wonder when it came to the USA Men's Team whether or not the majority of America felt a negative way towards them due to the whole team practically being African-American, besides the all-star, Kevin Love. Now I know better than to believe that people are going to blatantly come out and say that they have a problem with this in 2012, but I am sure that there are still some murmurings behind closed doors over the fact that professional basketball used to be a sport ruled by white players and now those days are long gone. If the best players that we have to offer are of black descent, then it makes all the sense in the world that we have them represent our nation of course. But I would just be interested in knowing whether that being the fact didn't sit well with a significant number of Americans.

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