Air Force coach says school needs more black players to compete

San Jose Mercury News ^ | Oct 26, 2005 | DAN WOLKEN

[SauronOfMordor]

This was also on CNN this morning. The newsies where aghast that somebody would say this

Excuse me? Look at the footage of any Olympic running event. Regardless of the country, their running entrant generally is black.

How many non-black athletes got a gold medel in any running competition in last year's Olympics?

Nobody is allowed to comment on the obvious in public?

[SouthernFreebird]

I'm ok with that as long as we can talk about how much better whites are at learning.

[beyond the sea]

Basketball coach says we need taller players.

Baseball coach says we need some guys who can hit the curve ball.

[IndyTiger]

Nobody is allowed to comment on the obvious in public?

Apparently not to the politically correct crowd. I don't see anything racist in his comments. He is simply telling it like it is.

[beyond the sea]

"You don't see many minority athletes in our program," DeBerry said.

Find some Chinese wide receivers.

;-)

[Poundstone]

What's the problem?

[Arpege92]

So what's the big deal? Recruit some black players....end of problem!

[SauronOfMordor]

So what's the big deal? Recruit some black players....end of problem!

The newsies are just aghast that he put it that way.

[snoringbear]

Well, DeBerry will be squished to juice in the very near future. However, he merely stated the truth. The fact is that schools out in the plains and mountain west have a very difficult time recruiting inner city minorities as they just are not comfortable in a rural or wilderness setting. Nevertheless, DeBerry (DeJuice) has committed a pc cardinal sin and must thereby pay the price.

[LS]

I don't get it. This is one of the most obvious racial issues out there, yet everyone tiptoes around it. You mentioned the white sprinters---virtually none. Can you name the LAST white cornerback in the NFL? (I think he's retired now, married to a hot NY actress).

Thomas Sowell points out that virtually ALL of the world's marathoners not only come from Africa, but from one particular tribe in Africa.

Sports Illustrated has, in the past, taken a swing at black/white genetic differences in sports, but failed to reach any conclusions. The two stats I mentioned above---the absolute absence of white cornerbacks/running backs in the NFL and the absolute domination of Kenyan marathoners---should alone be worthy of sustained study. But no one wants to go there.

[LS]

Um, they have to meet the entrance requirements to the Air Force Academy, which is heavy on engineering and math. Have you looked at average black math scores on the SATs recently?

I strongly recommend Thomas Sowell's latest book, "Black Rednecks and White Liberals," esp. his chapter on black education. In 1899, at Dunbar High School---a middle class black school in Wash. D.C.---black students OUTperformed the district's white students in math. Then libs got ahold of the education system.

[Sgt_Schultze]

It's good to know that the mission of the Academy is to win more football games. There's something for them to worry about. After all, the school might not receive the alumni funding - oh where will the US Air Force Academy receive its money?

[TCats]

"Nobody is allowed to comment on the obvious in public?"

Not really. PC trumps the obvious and the truth. I know you know this.

The Air Force should just concentrate on it's mission which is turning out qualified, educated military people. Football and the other things are not in the mission statement the last time I looked.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It's good to know that the mission of the Academy is to win more football games.

No, but it is one way the football coach is evaluated. BTW, if a professor of electrical engineering at the AF Academy said they needed to recruit more Blacks, it would be considered unremarkable. If he had said they needed to recruit more Orientals, he might be looking for a job.

[Kenton]

My little liberal niece and I were having a good-natured exchange about something one day (I'm sorry, I forget the context) where she quipped at me "white men can't jump".

To which I replied "black men can't swim"....

She laughed her butt off...

[Agent Smith]

I guess that I am alone, but I thought the PURPOSE of ALL the Service Academies was to turn out superior military officers, regardless of race, creed, or ethnic origin.

I don't think that the ChiComs will be intimidated by the football team's won lost record, but I could be wrong.

[Red Badger]

He SHOULD have said "We need more DIVERSITY......."

[citizen]

He was just discussing this with Jimmy the Greek Snyder the other day...

[Skooz]

Oh, freaking get over it.

[Ninian Dryhope]

I think they have some pretty high academic requirements to get into the air force academy, so that severely restricts the available pool.