Wednesday, April 03, 2019

The importance of individual and ethnic self-esteem in sports


I'm all for merit, people selected on the basis of their ability, in all fields, but it is now considered politically incorrect or bigoted to even ask the question: what is it doing to the general self esteem of white men in the U.S., especially young white men, when both amateur and professional basketball and football have become an exclusive celebration of black athletes---sports that once featured white athletes? Think of the college football National Championships, the NBA basketball finals, college basketball March Madness ( in the Final Four this weekend), and increasingly the Superbowl.

You might object that the Stanley Cup in hockey, the Indianapolis 500, the Boston Marathon, or the winter Olympic games are mainly celebrations of white athletes, but you know they don't come close to the sports madness and ratings status of the finals in amateur and professional basketball and football. The liberal Media goes all out for these celebrations.

What about white teens who seem to be increasingly reduced to playing geeky computer games, smoking marijuana, and getting fat, while their fathers sit on couches or in sports bars drinking beer and loudly partaking in the exclusive celebration of black athletes? (It doesn't seem to be as prevalent in Europe.)

Do we really need studies like the following to tell us about the importance individual and ethnic self-esteem?: Study Finds That Blacks With Strong Racial Identity Are Happier, or, Ethnic identity gives teens daily happiness boost.

Just saying.

Different ethnic groups create different cultures because they are different. That is good, variety is good, but multicultural-multi-ethnic societies lead to a zero sum game where the gain of one player is offset by the loss of another player. Given kin and ethnic-centered human nature the best way to develop real individual and ethnic self-esteem in sports---or culture in general---is to provide ethnostates for each ethnic group. That is the reality of human nature, politically incorrect or not.

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