Posted on 02/03/2016 12:55:42 PM PST by TroutStalker
Scott N. Brooks, draped in a dapper shawl-collar sweater, looked out on the auditorium of mostly white students in puffy coats and sweats as they silently squirmed at his question. Why, he had asked, does Maria Sharapova, a white Russian tennis player, earn nearly twice as much in endorsements as Serena Williams, an African-American with a much better win-loss record?
“We like to think it’s all about merit,†said Dr. Brooks, a sociology professor at the University of Missouri, speaking in the casual cadence of his days as a nightclub D.J. “It’s sport. Simply, the best should earn the most money.â€
Maybe tennis is not as popular here as overseas, one student offered. Dr. Brooks countered: Ms. Williams is a global figure. As the room fell silent, the elephant settled in. Most sat still, eyes transfixed on the stage. None of the participants — roughly 70 students new to the University of Missouri — dared to offer the reason for the disparity that seemed most obvious. Race.
The new frontier in the university’s eternal struggle with race starts here, with blunt conversations that seek to bridge a stark campus divide. Yet what was evident in this pregnant moment during a new diversity session that the university is requiring of all new students was this: People just don’t want to discuss it.
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Who would want to stand up to a required indoctrination class and challenge the orthodoxy mandated there as a freshman?
Is this guy serious? You couldn't pay me to look at Serena Williams.
Why, he had asked, does Maria Sharapova, a white Russian tennis player, earn nearly twice as much in endorsements as Serena Williams
Is this a trick question?
TPIUWP ... of Sharapova.
They do this in all communist countries. It is sickening to see and I think it is unlawful.
Because Maria Sharapova is very good looking and Serena Williams could stop a clock.
Why, he had asked, does Maria Sharapova, a white Russian tennis player, earn nearly twice as much in endorsements as Serena Williams, an African-American with a much better win-loss record?
Is this a trick question?
One is a Babe and the other looks like a man.
All I could think was what a well written piece of existential bull crap.
It is and always was ability, you just don’t like the fact that like-ability is a big part of the equation too.
You hate white people for being more like-able.
vs 
I think post #10 might be a clue.
The left is not interested in a REAL debate about race with people who don’t have to worry about losing their career over something they say. Someone like Jared Taylor would mop the floor with them like this instance on The Young Turks...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS3eH0-1uV0
Yeah, and they both could force their way on you; especially the one with hair that could scour clean an engine block.
The race pimp is confusing that they compete for equal compensation in the sport while marketing is a different game.
Williams has used so many androgenic steroids she looks like a dude.
Bony versus beefy
I know which one I’d want as endorsement for my trunk-space storage company.
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