Affiliating with someone because they are of your own race.

[Dingo Jellybean]

I'm sure we've all seen it before. Especially in this country, we see many hispanics like baseball only because hispanics play in it. Analogous to Yao Ming.

Personally, I always thought it was stupid to like a sport because a race of your own kind plays in it. Not just sports, but anything.

Like, in Maryland some of the students text message like crazy last year because they wanted Jasmine Trias to win...just because she was like, Cambodian (or whatever the hell she was, I can't remember).

I always hated it. Like how the black community gets behind Tiger Woods, just because he's black. I always felt you should like a sport because you enjoy watching it or enjoy playing it. Or enjoy something you do in life because you enjoy it, not because someone of your own race does it.

It makes me sick because when people criticize Yao Ming, a lot of the Chinese fans thinks it's racist if they do...stating "If he were white, they would praise him" and all that other BS. Same thing with Tiger Woods. I remember some pricks at Sportsline saying that it's because Tiger was black, not because Tiger changed his swing(he did btw). When Ichiro got that mark of most hits, the critics went on to say that he got it in 162 games instead of 154 but went on to say it was still a great feat...just not as reveered(sp?) like Mark McGuire's 70. I actually agree with it, but as you know...a lot of these Japanese media and Japanese baseball fans will go on saying how it's racist. Yet if the journalists talk about other "white" ball players, they never respond to it. It's stupid really.

The thing that I love is that some athletes expand beyond their own race. Like Michael Jordan. There isn't an Asian guy or a Caucasian guy alive that doesn't like Michael Jordan. I know some may disagree and say it's good for the sport(it is), that's not what I'm debating. I'm just saying that mainly that it's ridiculous to pay attention to a sport because simply your own race is in it. Obviously this applies mainly to minorities in the US, but I hate how it's become a whole race issue. Like, "he's the first African American player in hockey", why should that even matter? I thought we got beyond that point already, but apparently not.

[Shadow Nexus]

Oh, but I love my people. Latin people are wonderful, and thats why I want to do the same as them: climb up the ladder and become president, steal the money and leave being hated by the people, but rich. I am also thinking of a nice coup d'etat, I am waiting for CIA to give me instructions.

[DMKA]

Mmm...as long as I don't think about it I'm not bothered...once I begin to notice it though, like the whole "they're doing it because he's asian/black/hispanic/white/purple/ect!" irritates the hell out of me...I suppose in areas like this people can actually say that about normal people in certain situations locally, but on a national level and in atheletics, media, ect., thats just crap.

In other words, yes.

[nik0tine]

I agree, it is BS.

[CloudSquallandZidane]

Well dont u back the American team when they play in the Olympics??? I imagine its not too different.

[edczxcvbnm]

Backing the USA is like backing your home town team and not your race. I think they are very different.

[Casey]

I never knew it was a issue. If people wanna do that, ok I dont care. Affirmative action (which is dumb) on the other hand I do,but that is whole different story.

[-N-]

Insert standard psychological argument about attribution theory and ingroup identification theory here.

And just a rant for fun about white people.

[TasteyPies]

We woodland dwarves stick together

Yeah I think its kinda silly.