I lived in the Dominican Republic; baseball is bigger there than it is here, so naturally there are going to be a lot of good players coming out of there. In what way is that a bad thing?
-- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- ________________________________ From: michael sylvester [mailto:msylves...@copper.net] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:49 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] NFL/Tuskegee flashback This NFL concussions and future dementia research has many angles to itBut the bottom line has to do with huge profits taken in by the organization and hence acknowledgement of the dangers of playing football would hurt the bottom line.But there is another angle to that which is racist and that is the attitude "why should we care about black players long term prognosis as long as they make lots of money for us?" There has always been an element of benign neglect re black players from academia to the eurocentric capitalistic sinful system. Like the Tuskegee experiment blacks are perceived as dispensable. Granting that there are a few white players involved,there has been a negative attitude to downgrade black folks achievements in certain sports.I can remember when they tried to do away with boxing under the pretense of head concussions.No one talked about doing away with NASCAR when Dale Earnhardt died. Personally I do not think that people do not like Rap music because of the words. As the cross-cultural dude on Tips,have you observed the past and growing tendencies to recruit baseball players from the Dominican Republic and other baseball playing Central American countries? Just my take. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
