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Originally posted by Boiler14
How many NCAA basketball games do you see where there are 3 white or 3 black officials?
Very few.
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Exactly. The vast majority of the crews in my association are integrated. Rarely do we send an all white, all black or all Native American crew to work a game. Why? Because precetion is reality in the minds of many people.
I was on an all white crew until two years ago. When we worked a state championship game, the table officials told us that we were the first all white crew they had seen in years. So it's done everywhere, if possible.
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Originally posted by lrpalmer3
All it takes is one or two calls seen through the subjective eyes of a committed parent to trigger this mistrust. I know we never like to admit that bad refs are out there, but maybe she has had an experience with a racist official.
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Or perhaps she passes judgment simply because an official is a different color. Perhaps that's the only reason she needs.