We’re Not Interested In Baseball, But It’s Baseball’s Fault?
on March 10th, 2010 at 9:16 am“It’s common for high schools to arrange transportation for their kids to attend practices and games, but how do kids get to the academies if no one is home to drive them?
‘I’ve seen it operate in (Compton),’ Boras says. ‘It does not work. These inner-city kids are out because they can’t afford to travel there.’
Says Hunter: ‘I looked at all of the (charity) work I’ve been doing, and 60% to 70% of the African-American homes are single-parent homes. And they’re all mothers. It’s hard for a mother to take their kids to practice every day, pay the $1,200 a month to travel and $1,200 for a tournament team.”
This is grade A Black belittlement.
Black kids who are interested in basketball will find a way to local courts to practice for hours upon hours.
“But Duane, basketball only requires a ball and a hoop. That is why poor Black kids can afford to play it.”
Black kids who are interested in football (which requires more equipment and training than baseball) have managed for decades to make it to practice and excel at the sport.
But when it comes to baseball, now the issue of single motherhood and its limits is brought up.
