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> black quarterbacks get weeded out at the collegiate level is because their superior physical prowess

I thought this article was pointing out how racial prejudice around 'athleticism and blacks' was out right false. So then you justify a separate athletic ability using race again...




> I thought this article was pointing out how racial prejudice around 'athleticism and blacks' was out right false.

That's what the article wants to do, but it doesn't succeed. We know that elite "black" athletes are the best. Maybe the average black athlete is worse than the average white, but there's no evidence of that presented. It could be that blacks have a larger standard deviation, or it could be that blacks have a higher mean. The author couldn't be bothered to actually try and answer that question.




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