wpdavid
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The bit about black students being less committed/agressive than their white counterparts. And the comments about black students being disproportionately obese seemed to be overstating your case. As I said earlier, it would be interesting to read a black saffer's take on that particular matter.Such as?
That being said, it was, I think, a very good piece. I found it highly informative and, fwiw, well written. btw did you revisit it this afternoon after initially posting the article?
I still think there's parallels with other countries whose national sides have experienced signifcant changes in their racial mix. As well as the WI cricket team & the Brazilian football team over the middle chunk of the 20th century, my mind goes back to the English soccer team in the 1980's and beyond. I remember a programme about black footballers around 1991 in which Ron Noades opined that the black players were OK for the fancy stuff up front and on the wings, but no good for the more solid defensive arts. It was obviously crap even then, but 10 years later three of England's back four were black, and nowadays no-one would even consider that particular viewpoint. Now please don't hear what I'm not saying: I am not for a moment accusing you of the sort of attitude that Noades displayed. But I am pointing out that these things can take a while to change. Obviously the question for SA is how do they tap into this huge chunk of their population in order to give themselves the biggest pool of players in the future.
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On a completely unrelated matter, did you spot my comment to Richard earlier today regarding the question you posted about the England side with the largest number of 100's to their name? In case you didn't, it transpires that one of the 1968 lineups (possibly 2nd ashes test) had 68 to their name
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