grimfan
06-22-2007, 03:37 PM
It's all psychological and societal. It doesn't make sense that Europe has a lot of good players while America can hardly seem to produce one decent White player. Nowadays, it's more likely that an Asian will go as the top draft pick than a White American. Sure, the last MVP's have gone to White players, but they're both internationals from Germany (Nowitzki) and South Africa/Canada (Nash).
What does this all mean? I think it's a telling tale of psychology affecting physicality. After all, White Americans and White Europeans are pretty much the same people, but one fails while the other succeeds. Could it be because in North America, White people have been "Asianized" by the Black people into believing that they are physically inferior and must compensate through their mental abilities (thus more White representation as QBs, Point Guards, and Coaches/GMs). Furthermore, is it possible that Asians have been "Asianized" by the rest of the world into believing the same thing? If all this is largely psychological, can't it be fought and neutralized? Europeans and Asians live in worlds where despite global stereotypes, they are relatively free to believe that their potential is not limited by race; or if it is, at least everybody else shares the same limitations. The illusion of racial inferiority is shattered once they latch onto this self-belief and find themselves capable of more than they could possibly have imagined. This is where the Dirk Nowitzkis and Yao Mings are formed. Meanwhile, their racial counterparts in America live in the athletic shadow of the mythical Black superjock who renders all other racial athletes irrelevant.
What does this all mean? I think it's a telling tale of psychology affecting physicality. After all, White Americans and White Europeans are pretty much the same people, but one fails while the other succeeds. Could it be because in North America, White people have been "Asianized" by the Black people into believing that they are physically inferior and must compensate through their mental abilities (thus more White representation as QBs, Point Guards, and Coaches/GMs). Furthermore, is it possible that Asians have been "Asianized" by the rest of the world into believing the same thing? If all this is largely psychological, can't it be fought and neutralized? Europeans and Asians live in worlds where despite global stereotypes, they are relatively free to believe that their potential is not limited by race; or if it is, at least everybody else shares the same limitations. The illusion of racial inferiority is shattered once they latch onto this self-belief and find themselves capable of more than they could possibly have imagined. This is where the Dirk Nowitzkis and Yao Mings are formed. Meanwhile, their racial counterparts in America live in the athletic shadow of the mythical Black superjock who renders all other racial athletes irrelevant.