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Originally Posted by JRutledge
There could be a lot of possibilities. It could be there are not very many Black umpires in general. I do not see a lot of Black people participating in baseball for many reasons. I know in my local areas there are very few Blacks that even want to umpire at the HS level. That does not mean there is not discrimination that is very active. I have no idea, I personally do not know of any personal situations where discrimination has taken place, but I do live in America and if things have not changed in other aspects of society, why would I expect it to be so drastically different here.
Peace
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Blacks don't participate in baseball for several, valid reasons. One, it does not suit their higher quick-reponse skill sets. Two, it interferes with basketball/football. Three, there is less social influence and fewer scholarships for blacks collegiaelty. Add ten or 15 more actual reasons, vila, blacks aren't in a baseball mentality.