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Originally posted by ronny mulkey
I realize that I am not the smartest person and I do get easily confused but was it not you that responded to basketball ref by pointing out that "we" don't get but 1 school out of 12 implying that it is because "we" are black. I have no problem with you saying that or believing that. But, I do have a problem when you bragging over and over about your schedule. I guess you mean that it would be even better if you were white?
Either the games are based on ability (which you point out over and over) or they are based on some something else. Which is it?
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There's no way it's that simple, Ron. Where Jeff works, each AD at each school hires his or her own refs for home games. They don't have one assignor who dishes out the games how he sees fit. So some of Jeff's games are worked on the basis of ability (probably many, since I suspect he's a very good ref), and others are not given based on race -- it will depend on the school, the background and current emotional state of each AD, and the general tenor of the population at each individual game site. Furthermore, even people who really like Jeff's work may be under pressure from others to either hire more or less people of color, depending on THAT person's background, etc. The whole racial discrimination issue is so enormously complicated that it really isn't very fair to limit Jeff to only two possibilities -- either this or that.