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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have been doing rec. team sports since kindergarten, and [b]all the trash talking that I hear so far are from those kids playing team sports ,especially at basketball practice/game from a few white families. Those boys are so mean and unkind, and they are not the best players. They talk down other kids to make them look better.   We have moved our boy to another teams in rec. basketball and rec. soccer that are played by many indians/Asians/black, the atmosphere is really nice and friendly. Minorites parents treat rec. sports as exercise and social play, not s gateway to get college scholarship. [/b]I think serious players at elite or travel team may behave a lot better because they really love the sports. [/quote]

it's the exact opposite where we live. I don't know why but this has been our experience and I wish it wasn't because I hate that it plays into bad stereotypes...our kid who plays rec sports and was on a majority white basketball team last winter and a majority white soccer team last fall has had several experiences with mostly black and Latino teams where the kids were incredibly mean, cursing constantly, intentional fouls, etc. I hate to see it because I know it's the parents' and coaches' fault and not the kids but no one was correctly them.[/quote]

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