Hester Carries

I say “God bless” all the time. Even if you don’t like it, I hope He does

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Obviously American blacks have an advantage, due to reasons from a few hundred years ago.

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It’s less than perceived and not because of that.

The advantage is just early on in the process which is formative and has an outside impact due to the structure of things.

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Economics. Same reason black Americans are better than white Americans. They're aren't many white ghettos in the United States, as opposed to Europe. They don't have much opportunity outside of sports, so they see failure as less of an option.

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This is false.

Young black kids on average develop much sooner than young white kids. There is also a perception that they are better (in part because of the general averages).

Hundreds of thousands of young white boys quit basketball in America because they can’t compete at early ages with young black boys. Had they stuck with it they would have closed the gap later on and caught back up.

This is why, whenever a white dude reaches top levels at a traditionally black dominated sport/position, he often came from an area that is predominantly white, and therefor didn’t have that dynamic. (I.e. Cooper DeJean is from Iowa)

This has been studied but it’s an uncomfortable truth and the mitigating solutions are even more uncomfortable

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It’s think it’s more of a big picture thing, will the viewer come back for the next event

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Lol

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mid-evil themed

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Close.

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I think that Dalton scored 22 touchdowns in one season

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No he didn’t.

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I take Hilliard

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Why?

That’s a lot of words for “name a character actor”

She’s mad at you for a legal obligation she didn’t know about?

He looks like that Parker dude from that gold mining show

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I would and did consent my arse off at 14.

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You were fricking at 14?

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Denzel's Man on Fire

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Denzel is Denzel.

I also think the (and this is important) UNSPOKEN dynamic of the grizzled old black guy and the happy little white girls adds to the story without changing it.