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The 101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports
Did anyone see the May 5th issue of Sports Illustrated? The cover story is "The 101 most influential minorities in sports." Tiger Woods is number 2. Serena Williams is number 3.
Number 1? That would be Robert Johnson.
But the article made me wonder who they count as "a minority" (that peculiar noun, derived form an adjective, derived from a noun: "Michael Jordan (#4 BTW) is a minority." "Michael Jordan is a member of a minority race." "Michael Jordan's race is in the minority in the U.S.")
Yao Ming checks in at #7 (ahead of both Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant). Yao is a citizen of China. Is this a "minority?" Golfer Se Re Pak (#93) is a citizen of Korea. Very perculiar language to call a citizen of Korea who sometimes plays golf in the U.S. a "minority."
Anyway, all this leads up to: WHERE IS MICHELLE KWAN? She is certainly a member of a well-defined minority, namely "California Girl." She's the 7 time U.S. champion, 5 time world champion, 2 time Olympic medallist. She's a role model and an inspiration to thousands of young girls all over the country and the world.
But according to Sports Illustrated she is less "influential" than, for instance, Damon Evans (#100). Here's what S.I. says in prasie of Evans: "A former [University of Georgia] wide receiver, Evans has fast-tracked his way to the No. 2 spot behind Vince Dooley in Athens, [Georgia]. He had a significant voice in the recent hiring of basketball coach Dennis Felton, an African American."
Somebody ought to tell the MK Forum about this so they can flood Sports Illustrated with letters to the editor.:lol:
Mathman
PS. Robert Johnson, "the first African American billionaire," is the owner of the new Charlotte franchise (not named yet) in the National Basketball Association.
Did anyone see the May 5th issue of Sports Illustrated? The cover story is "The 101 most influential minorities in sports." Tiger Woods is number 2. Serena Williams is number 3.
Number 1? That would be Robert Johnson.
But the article made me wonder who they count as "a minority" (that peculiar noun, derived form an adjective, derived from a noun: "Michael Jordan (#4 BTW) is a minority." "Michael Jordan is a member of a minority race." "Michael Jordan's race is in the minority in the U.S.")
Yao Ming checks in at #7 (ahead of both Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant). Yao is a citizen of China. Is this a "minority?" Golfer Se Re Pak (#93) is a citizen of Korea. Very perculiar language to call a citizen of Korea who sometimes plays golf in the U.S. a "minority."
Anyway, all this leads up to: WHERE IS MICHELLE KWAN? She is certainly a member of a well-defined minority, namely "California Girl." She's the 7 time U.S. champion, 5 time world champion, 2 time Olympic medallist. She's a role model and an inspiration to thousands of young girls all over the country and the world.
But according to Sports Illustrated she is less "influential" than, for instance, Damon Evans (#100). Here's what S.I. says in prasie of Evans: "A former [University of Georgia] wide receiver, Evans has fast-tracked his way to the No. 2 spot behind Vince Dooley in Athens, [Georgia]. He had a significant voice in the recent hiring of basketball coach Dennis Felton, an African American."
Somebody ought to tell the MK Forum about this so they can flood Sports Illustrated with letters to the editor.:lol:
Mathman
PS. Robert Johnson, "the first African American billionaire," is the owner of the new Charlotte franchise (not named yet) in the National Basketball Association.