[bagster]

the team representing World Cup host Russia is overwhelmingly made up of ethnic Russians

So?

Bagster

[FatherofFive]

Judge them by the color of their skin, not the content of their character. The legacy of King is gone

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Russia and Eastern Europe will probably be the last redoubt of Western Civilization.

The Russian team is composed of Russians? Oh the horror! </sarc>
 

[Flavious_Maximus]

Croatia doesn’t have any Africans on their team.

How many white guys did Senegal have?

[ncalburt]

Why does this radio station exist and why are US taxpayers employing these radicals .

Gee I thought you hire base on talent not your color .
Not according to left wing media.

Shut this useless left wing media outlet down.
Cold war is over .

[Cowboy Bob]

Why do the Western Europeans have to rely on immigrants? (ringers). Are their own people inferior athletes?

[bubman]

Nigeria was all black, why no concern over the ‘diversity’ of the Nigerian team? Same with Iran and many other teams. Or is it only Europeans that need to reflect diversity?

[P.O.E.]

I only see a white background behind the letters in that article. I demand reparations.

[granada]

It’s world cup or soccer, not the world cup of
liberal nonsense.

[DungeonMaster]

Two things about Russia.
1) They are not ashamed of being white.
2) No one is trying to immigrate into Russia.

[PGR88]

State media - let’s hate Russia, we’ve always hated Russia.

[VanDeKoik]

“But despite having millions of immigrants — mostly from Central Asian countries Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan but large numbers also from Ukraine and Moldova — the team representing World Cup host Russia is overwhelmingly made up of ethnic Russians and a few titular nationalities, such as Ossetians, from the country’s vast array of ethnic groups.”

Maybe they just didnt have any good players from those peoples?

Jesus...

[McGruff]

*facepalm*

[ThunderSleeps]

Hmm, maybe that’s because the Russians picked their soccer team based purely on oh, I don’t know ... soccer ability? Diversity is great - right up to the point it hurts the mission. Diversity should not be the goal in and of itself - job performance should drive team makeup. You know what you get then? The best team possible without any considerations (positive or negative) for someone based on other demographics. That’s fair, not only to the people competing to get on the team - but also the other team-mates. You’re selecting the best possible people to work with them rather than handicap them with someone other than the best possible candidate.

[JZelle]

I’m sure an article about racial disparity in the NBA is forthcoming.

[mac_truck]

Why does the Trump administration continue to churn this crap out?

[ChocChipCookie]

Or MAYBE in a country as large and populous as RUSSIA, they have a very large pool of talented players.

Occam’s Razor.

[apocalypto]

So what? Japanese, S. Korean, Nigerian, and Senegalese teams also appeared homogeneous. Didn’t see a single white player on any of these teams. Also, Russia’s annual May 9th Den Pobeda parades are almost exclusively Russian, except for some Asians. So what?

[dfwgator]

The joke is that France might be the first African team to win the World Cup.