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Sports said: In any case, you're cherry picking. Nobody wants to see affirmative action for basketball, we like our #2 ranked team just the way it is.
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Sports is Acidic to Academics said: You realize I don't disagree right? I agree, those who get in on sports scholarships are for the most part academically worthless to the institution, white and black alike.
I could make an equally racist claim that Northern Europeans are better at academics than the native Africans and their descendants because the harsh winter climate of Northern Europe necessitated larger brains for the planning of agriculture, food storage, home winterization, etc.
The current practice of separating th genders into sports could be seen as affirmative action.
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hmmm said: sounds like homeboy broke his window and didn't want to get stuck with the charge for it.
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mike said: Ok then, let's ban tasers. Let them just use their bullets instead.
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Re: Sports said: Do you know why black's tend to be "naturally better" at sports than white people?
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Sports said: In any case, you're cherry picking. Nobody wants to see affirmative action for basketball, we like our #2 ranked team just the way it is.
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm speaks to a crowd about the Michigan Promise Scholarship during a rally Wednesday morning outside the Administration Building. Granholm is touring colleges in Michigan to discuss the scholarship.
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