Lack of diversity in lacrosse

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Anonymous wrote:Basic and simple question, but I am struggling to answer - why ARE top basketball and football teams so heavily black?

Really? if that is what you honestly think, then propose an intelligent solution without sounding like a racist yourself. And ask yourself if whatever you propose would make the girl in the WAPO story more likely, or less likely, to integrate and succeed in the sport.

There would have been no need for the story, if the sport was available and introduced to more girls in community’s like the one the young lady lived in atleast by the age of 7.

Isn't that the direct result of that community? No one is stopping that community from organizing youth lacrosse teams and clinics as much as traditional sports.

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Anonymous wrote:Basic and simple question, but I am struggling to answer - why ARE top basketball and football teams so heavily black?

Really? if that is what you honestly think, then propose an intelligent solution without sounding like a racist yourself. And ask yourself if whatever you propose would make the girl in the WAPO story more likely, or less likely, to integrate and succeed in the sport.

There would have been no need for the story, if the sport was available and introduced to more girls in community’s like the one the young lady lived in atleast by the age of 7.

Isn't that the direct result of that community? No one is stopping that community from organizing youth lacrosse teams and clinics as much as traditional sports.

That is the result of the lack of resources due to systemic white supremacy.

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Anonymous wrote:Basic and simple question, but I am struggling to answer - why ARE top basketball and football teams so heavily black?

Really? if that is what you honestly think, then propose an intelligent solution without sounding like a racist yourself. And ask yourself if whatever you propose would make the girl in the WAPO story more likely, or less likely, to integrate and succeed in the sport.

There would have been no need for the story, if the sport was available and introduced to more girls in community’s like the one the young lady lived in atleast by the age of 7.

Isn't that the direct result of that community? No one is stopping that community from organizing youth lacrosse teams and clinics as much as traditional sports.

That is the result of the lack of resources due to systemic white supremacy.

False.

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Plenty of resources for youth football, bball, soccer, but none for lax huh? Sure.....

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If you believe that lack of resources are systematically holding back minorities from opportunities to excel in lacrosse, then do something positive and affirmative to fix it. Contact the owners of the top travel lacrosse programs in the DMV (MadLax, NextLevel, VLC, and DC Express for boys; Pride and Capital for girls) and offer to subsidize the enrollment of minority players in their programs.

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Anonymous wrote:Plenty of resources for youth football, bball, soccer, but none for lax huh? Sure.....

the resources for those sports aren’t equal either. There is plenty racism in each of those sports.

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Anonymous wrote:If you believe that lack of resources are systematically holding back minorities from opportunities to excel in lacrosse, then do something positive and affirmative to fix it. Contact the owners of the top travel lacrosse programs in the DMV (MadLax, NextLevel, VLC, and DC Express for boys; Pride and Capital for girls) and offer to subsidize the enrollment of minority players in their programs.

I don’t personally have the resources to do that and the people that do have no interest in correcting the systemic injustices in sports that result from white supremacy.

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Anonymous wrote:If you believe that lack of resources are systematically holding back minorities from opportunities to excel in lacrosse, then do something positive and affirmative to fix it. Contact the owners of the top travel lacrosse programs in the DMV (MadLax, NextLevel, VLC, and DC Express for boys; Pride and Capital for girls) and offer to subsidize the enrollment of minority players in their programs.

I don’t personally have the resources to do that and the people that do have no interest in correcting the systemic injustices in sports that result from white supremacy.

So you have lots of outrage and ideas about what is wrong, but paying for it is somebody else's problem. Why don't you call up one of those programs and donate whatever you can afford, maybe just $50 or $100, and tell them you want to help open doors for minority players. Then report back to this Board which program, and challenge others to do the same. Positive change has to start somewhere, so why not with you!

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Good thing is that for every Madlax kid you can pay for two VLC or DCE players with the same amount of donation.

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Anonymous wrote:If you believe that lack of resources are systematically holding back minorities from opportunities to excel in lacrosse, then do something positive and affirmative to fix it. Contact the owners of the top travel lacrosse programs in the DMV (MadLax, NextLevel, VLC, and DC Express for boys; Pride and Capital for girls) and offer to subsidize the enrollment of minority players in their programs.

I don’t personally have the resources to do that and the people that do have no interest in correcting the systemic injustices in sports that result from white supremacy.

Define systemic and please provide an example. Because I think you use it because you hear it used in the news.