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Chip Off The Old Block ...
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I am the only African-American to do all those things too. Just trying to follow in the footsteps of my mom, who just got honored herself for an award in her country along with many other awards named after her or she has been honored recently. I have big shoes to fill.
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She must be very proud.
When I started officiating basketball thirty-eight years ago we had only a half dozen African-American officials (one who was our president) and no female officials on my local board.
At our next local meeting we will have our first female president (who also happens to be African-American) and our first female interpreter (who also happens to be African-American).
My daughter, who is now 34 years old, played a lot of high level basketball over many years and never once had a female official working any of her games.
Variety is the spice of life.
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Last edited by BillyMac; Wed Mar 06, 2019 at 04:55pm.
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