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Deford is having a "jimmy the greek moment". Under Dr. Deford's logic , if i lived from 1920 to about 1940 I could not "deny...what is right before our eyes" that Jewish people were the best fighters in america " (they had earned over 25 championships in that time period) or I would assume now that white people are the worlds best swimmers or skaters because, "right before our eyes" we never see a black swimming champion or a black hockey player (rarely). He says in the story that "I myself do not pretend to know why this is so. I am not a physiologist, an anthropologist or a sociologist." No Frank, your a racist!
posted by lawjock at 05:16 PM on November 02, 2005
Fisher's actual flaw? Artlessness
My senior drill instruter at parris island told us that "dark green privates" could not swim because of some missing bone theory. We went to water safety class and sure enough the black privates sank like a rock. He convinced a lot of people of this and we could not deny "what was right before our eyes". Do whites swim better because of physiology? Do you think it might be they have little acsess to pools in the ghetto? In their backyard? My DI was a war hero and a good marine but he was a red neck from alabama and didnt know better. Jimmy the Greek was a wise guy street hustler who knew point spreads and gambling. Deford is a Princeton Grad. He should know better!