Is There Reverse Racism In Sports? For Example Why Aren't There More White Running Backs?

[nako xl]

I was Googling whether or not Mike Tomlin earned a law degree after someone told me that he had (spoiler: he didn't) when I stumbled upon this web forum as the 4th result on my search.

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http://www.castefootball.us/forums/threads/9021-Mike-Tomlin-Lawyer

I only caught a bit of it on ESPN this morning, but apparently Mike Tomlin was planning on going to law school, if he hadn't experienced his meteoric rise up the NFL coaching ladder.

Sorry, folks, but there are basic indicators of overall intelligence, and an ability to speak the language is one of them. Tomlin has a slight ebonics accent, and almost certainly is not capable of being admitted to any law school on merit. But then again, in Don King's America, Patrick Ewing "graduated" from Georgetown, one of the most prestigious universities in the world (albeit with that institution's one and only degree ever issed in "interior decorating"). Alan Iverson somehow passed the entrance requirements. Anyone who has heard this thug speak for thirty seconds knows how legitimate that was.

Maybe Tomlin could use his passionate interest in the law to fire up his troops before the Super Bowl. I can hear him telling fellow intellectual giants like "Fast" Willie Parker and Santonio Holmes, "If we win the Bowl, you must enroll," in the finest tradition of fellow legal eminence Johnnie Cochran. We can certainly imagine how the portly black pigs on the team could intimidate a jury with their affletic presence.

Tomlin, like any other black in America today, merely had to stay out of prison in order to guarantee success. Affirmative Action guided him to the top of the NFL coaching ranks in record time, much as it would have guided him through a law school he couldn't possibly pass with his own devices. Tomlin the lawyer wouldn't be that much more ridiculous than Tomlin the coach.

I sat there in shock at how offensive what I had just read was, and scrolled down on the page sure to find people lambasting "BigUnreal" for what was plainly and venomously racist nonsense. 

You can imagine my surprise when every following post agreed with and elaborated on his. 

It was then that I began to realize I was on a white Supremacist web site.

I clicked the about tab on the site to see exactly what it was that I had stumbled on and found this:

[h1]About Us[/h1]

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There are no white starting cornerbacks in the NFL out of 64 players who start at that position. In fact, there are no white cornerbacks in the entire league. There are zero starting white tailbacks. When Peyton Hillis ran for over 1,000 yards in 2010, he was the first white running back to do so in a quarter of a century. Only about ten percent of starting wide receivers are white and only about 15 percent of defensive players.

Has this amazing and now permanent disparity in a sport that whites have always loved and played so well come about solely because of “black supremacy” in athleticism? The NFL was integrated racially in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s and there were plenty of whites then who played all defensive positions and who ran and caught the ball and who excelled at it. It is only since the late 1980s that certain positions in professional football have become for all intents and purposes black only.

Might there be other factors involved? For example, did you know that the 119 major college football programs, with very few exceptions, simply refuse to recruit and develop white tailbacks and white receivers no matter how outstanding they are in high school? And that the media enforces this rigid segregation by using euphemisms and descriptions that demean white athletes?

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Talented white athletes who want to play tailback, receiver or cornerback must go to a small college program or go the very difficult route of becoming a walk-on at one of the major programs. And since it is the major college football programs that supply almost all the players in the NFL, it is hardly surprising that the white running back and wide receiver has become almost extinct, as have whites playing defense in general.

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The truth is that white football players, no matter how talented, are directed into a racial Caste System that limits them to being offensive linemen, kickers, quarterbacks (though more and more major college programs are recruiting blacks for that position), and the occasional defensive position, usually linebacker or defensive end.

Caste Football looks at the racial dynamics of football and of sports in general. We have no sacred cows we worship, no taboo subjects we won’t discuss. We respect the fact that blacks make good football players. But we believe that by looking at football and sports overall through an objective lens rather than simply accepting the propaganda slant of the media, it is clear and obvious that whites are just as good as if not better athletes than blacks.

To give just one example, even though whites are only 10 percent of the world’s population, they win over 90 percent of the medals at the Winter Olympics and over 70 percent of the medals at the Summer Olympics, including many medals in sprinting and jumping.

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Caste Football’s goal is to see that white athletes are respected for their abilities, and that they receive the same opportunities to succeed as non-white athletes.

I began to wonder... is it true?  Do white players in football suffer from the same racism and typecasting that Blacks in almost every arena of the world (in and out of sports) face?

Never mind that Denard Robinson was The University of Michigan's first Black quarterback since the 1989 (as in there wasn't one on the roster let alone starting), that only one Black head coach has ever coached at two Division 1 institutions (because they never get a second chance), or that Toby Gerhart was a Heisman finalist at the running back position just a handful of years ago.

Is there reverse racism in sports, and a wish driven by black supremacy to relegate white skill players to the roles of slot receivers and full backs?

Where is Jason Sehorn to make sense of all of this?

 

[アミーゴ]

Jason Sehorn was a gawd.

 

[powerballin]

How can there be reverse racism when almost all pro coaches, gms, and owners are white. And in college the coaches are white. They made rules just for minorities to get interviews.

So why would all these white men prefer blacks? Because they don't. All sports used to be white until blacks were given a chance. I can't believe you would even consider this.

Nba would kill for another white american superstar

 

[nako xl]

I don't think there's reverse racism.  I think the premise is stupid.  I do wonder though, why there aren't more white running backs and corner backs.

 

[johnson1]

How can there be reverse racism when almost all pro coaches, gms, and owners are white. And in college the coaches are white. They made rules just for minorities to get interviews.
So why would all these white men prefer blacks? Because they don't. All sports used to be white until blacks were given a chance. I can't believe you would even consider this.
Nba would kill for another white american superstar

Kevin Love

 

[andee]

The whole idea of reverse racism is bull **** to me, tbh. No white running backs? o noez Such a non issue. Let's talk about the lack of minorities in upper management or blacks getting bananas thrown at them during soccer matches.

 

[ag 47]

Kevin Love

David Lee.

 

[girlslovewaffles]

I think it has to do with the fact that black athletes are generally physically superior to white athletes.

 

[00david00]

I think it has to do with the fact that black athletes are generally physically superior to white athletes.

ehh...

If one were to use that logic then the explanation for whites being majority of the management would be the fact that white managers are generally intellectually superior to black managers?

 

[nako xl]

I think it has to do with the fact that black athletes are generally physically superior to white athletes.

ehh...

If one were to use that logic then the explanation for whites being majority of the management would be the fact that white managers are generally intellectually superior to black managers?

Right.  I get that the reason is that a lot of position players like Dbacks and Linebackers were running backs in high school (white and otherwise.)

But why do so many stop playing the position by the time they make it to college.  Speed and physicality can't be the issue.  So what is it?

 

[DeadsetAce]

I think it has to do with the fact that black athletes are generally physically superior to white athletes.

 

[mmg]

The whole idea of reverse racism is bull **** to me, tbh. No white running backs? o noez Such a non issue. Let's talk about the lack of minorities in upper management or blacks getting bananas thrown at them during soccer matches.

The latter you speak of was in Europe which is extremely racist till this day.

I think it has to do with the fact that black athletes are generally physically superior to white athletes.

ehh...

If one were to use that logic then the explanation for whites being majority of the management would be the fact that white managers are generally intellectually superior to black managers?

Right.  I get that the reason is that a lot of position players like Dbacks and Linebackers were running backs in high school (white and otherwise.)



But why do so many stop playing the position by the time they make it to college.  Speed and physicality can't be the issue.  So what is it?

Well when you get to the collegiate level obviously the best player at the position is going to start.


In High School you may be the best RB, in college you may be the 3rd or 4th best, so what are you going to do? Ride the bench or try and get burn/start at another position ?

 

[RustyShackleford]

ehh...
If one were to use that logic then the explanation for whites being majority of the management would be the fact that white managers are generally intellectually superior to black managers?

Ehhhhh

One thing is an advantage given by nature. Better genetics for football and other explosive sports

The other is an advantage given by nurture. Access to much better schools

One thing to consider is that is isn't just a problem in the NFL, look at the NCAA and even HS football

And most football coaches are white, so if it is racism, there are a lot of white men being racist against white boys.

 

[651akathepaul]

More stereotyping than anything.

 

[RustyShackleford]

More stereotyping than anything.

That would imply that there is an equal number of skill white RBs coming into the NFL to blacks RB?

Look at college, look at HS. White kids that are great athletes get moved to TE or WR if there are all tall or FB if there are on the shorter side. (on offense)

 

[651akathepaul]

That would imply that there is an equal number of skill white RBs coming into the NFL to blacks RB?
Look at college, look at HS. White kids that are great athletes get moved to TE or WR if there are all tall or FB if there are on the shorter side. (on offense)

That doesn't imply anything. It simply corrects the term used in this thread.

 

[nako xl]

^ right.  But that doesn't mean there aren't any white guys who can tote the rock or were born with fluid hips.

It's the coaches making these decisions, same way it's the chancellors keeping blacks out of coaching positions.

so the question is, why aren't more white guys getting the opportunity to play these positions?  You can't say across the board EVERYWHERE there are no talented white RBs anywhere?  I get that it could be just what MMG said.  Those guys would rather switch their position than ride the bench at a major school.

But Toby Gerhart (and Sam McGuffie) are 2 in a million?  And what about DBack?  There's plenty of fast *** white wide receivers.  Is corner just seen as a grunt position in high school or something?  Someone educate me.

 

[RustyShackleford]

But Toby Gerhart (and Sam McGuffie) are 2 in a million?  And what about DBack?  There's plenty of fast *** white wide receivers.  Is corner just seen as a grunt position in high school or something?  Someone educate me.

CB is not a grunt position

A lot of HS coaches what their corners to have "quick feet"

So the white players get stereotyped into playing Safety positions instead.

 

[fac3 tak30v312]

If they were good enough they would be in the NFL. Furthermore the only two white speed backs Danny Whitehead and Edelman were both former quarterbacks. Most of the tall white WRs play TE, because they're either not fast enough or athletic enough. The ones that are athletic play WR in the nfl. As far as CB goes from what I've seen they usually play S because they're just not athletic enough to keep up with the WRs in the league. Then you gotta pay attention to all these white running quarterbacks. Whereas in the past they would've been forced to play RB, WR or CB with how the game has changed schools are now actively recruiting these type of slash players. Which again is why both Whitehead and Edelman were former QBs

Anyways you can randomly watch most Saturday games and see a 5'10 - 6' white qb that looks pretty athletic and fast, whereas in the decades of yesteryear that you guys listed they would either be playing RB, WR, CB or S because that was the nature and perception of the game. Meaning QB were pocket passers


Then you gotta also look at the increased concussion concerns over the last decade
EDIT

After looking up Whitehead it looks like I was completely wrong about him. I don't understand why he wasn't highly recruited out of HS or got a shot at the draft.

 

[dro420]

ITS JUST STRAIGHT UP

WHITE MEN CANT JUMP

 

[andee]

The latter you speak of was in Europe which is extremely racist till this day.

Uh, I know that. It says racism in sports not American sports.

 

[thegoldenchild]

ITS JUST STRAIGHT UP

WHITE MEN CANT JUMP

stereotyping.. just like all asians are good at math

 

[mmg]

The latter you speak of was in Europe which is extremely racist till this day.

Uh, I know that. It says racism in sports not American sports.

The points being brought up is in American football not Futbol.

So by using an example from another sport doesn't help.

And soccer doesn't care about race, they'll take any color player. Fans on the other hand is a different story.

 

[DeadsetAce]

ITS JUST STRAIGHT UP

WHITE MEN CANT JUMP

stereotyping.. just like all asians are good at math

oh don't worry...it's only wrong when you stereotype certain races/ethnicities...

 

[danikerhino]

ITS JUST STRAIGHT UP

WHITE MEN CANT JUMP

I find this offensive, and I'm half black.