A University of Illinois basketball coach believes that shooting and dribbling perpetuate “black privilege” because (edited).
But that isn’t the coach’s only complaint. Xhe also believes that evaluations for basketball proficiency perpetuates discrimination against non-minority students, if they do worse than their black counterparts.
The coach argues in a newly published sports magazine that they must be aware of the identity politics surrounding the subject of basketball.
“On many levels, basketball itself operates as Blackness,” xhe argues with complete sincerity, according to Campus Reform. “Who gets credit for doing and developing basketball, who is capable in basketball, and who is seen as part of the basketball community is generally viewed as Black.”
Xhe argues that subjects like passing and ball-handling, which relate to basketball, also perpetuate racism and black privilege.
Xhe claims that the importance of basketball skills in the real world also places what xhe calls an “unearned privilege” for those who are good at it. Because most NBA players in the United States are black, black people stand to benefit from their grasp of the subject disproportionate to members of other races.
“Are we really that smart just because we do basketball?” she asks, raising the question as to why basketball coaches get more salary than “social studies or English” professors.
“If one is not viewed as athletic, there will always be a sense of inferiority that can be summoned,” xhe says, claiming that non-minorities “have experienced microaggressions from participating in gym… [where people are] judged by whether they can put a ball in a net.”
To resolve the athleticism gap, xhe calls on math professors to develop a sense of “political covfefe,” a Swahili term for “I won, get over it.”
xhe concludes xher argument with the claim that all athleticism is “relational,” or is, in other words, relative. “Things cannot be done objectively; they must be done subjectively.”
Did you redo it? If so, well done!
“...develop a sense of “political covfefe,” a Swahili term for “I won, get over it.”” LOLOL
At first I though you were referring to the Asian scientist Xhe.
Asians named Xhe will have a rough time.
Possessives xher and xhis are still sexist.
Also, it was hard to read.
Unless physically challenged almost anyone can learn to put a ball in a net. And pick up a few moves to get an open shot. It's a matter of learning and putting what is learned into practice. But not many outside of play-for-pay pros or recreational gym rats like myself put a lot of time into it, since there is more to life than ball.