[Shotimes] Re: NASCAR numbnuts

[Jason Hartberger]

There are american people in hockey? I had no idea...

Jason


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net>
To: "'Noah South III'" <RaggTopp@comcast.net>; "'SHOTimes-Mailing List'"
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:33 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: NASCAR numbnuts


> >Any why the hell hasn't anyone taken some pot shots at Hockey?
>
> Hockey?!?!?  Now you've gone a struck a nerve, Mr. South.  "Lacking
> ethnic diversity" does not mean "lacking black guys".  Hockey is
> probably the most diverse sport we have in the U.S.  There are black and
> white players AND players from MANY different ethnicities - USA, Canada,
> Sweden, Poland, Russia, Czech, etc.
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> >[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Noah South III
> >Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:58 PM
> >To: SHOTimes-Mailing List
> >Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: NASCAR numbnuts
> >
> >
> >No, you're right.  NASCAR isn't racist............but tell me,
> >last time you went to a NASCAR race, how many black guys did
> >you see in the stands?
> >
> >Racism and "lacking ethnic diversity" are two different things
> >that are often confused with one another.
> >
> >-Noah South III
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> >> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> >> On Behalf Of Rick5638@aol.com
> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:41 PM
> >> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> >> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: NASCAR numbnuts
> >>
> >> I'm not a big fan of NASCAR myself but the hard cold fact
> >here is that
> >> not only NASCAR but many other Motor Sports are dominated by "White
> >> Males" your simply stating the obvious and raising an issue
> >thats not
> >> really an issue. Its
> >> like making the statement that the NBA or Boxing for that
> >matter dosen't
> >> promote
> >> ethnic diversity. Are there " White Males" in those sports,
> >sure but the
> >> overwhelming majority is non "White Males."
> >> Lets face it, NASCAR is doing something right based on its
> >sheer numbers
> >> of
> >> followers. Its been THE or one of THE fastest growing sports
> >by numbers
> >> for the
> >> past 2-3 years. Do you think for 1 second that if NASCAR
> >could field an
> >> African American team that was competitve it wouldn't
> >explode in growth
> >> again? I'm
> >> sure they would lose some of the hard core faithful but the
> >growth would
> >> far
> >> out weigh the loss. To Imply a SPORT like NASCAR is somehow a racist
> >> organization in any sense is simply an ignorant statement
> >without facts to
> >> support such
> >> a strong accusation.
> >>
> >> just my 2 cents worth.
> >>
> >> Rick
> >> 95 ATX
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