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Impact of racial marketing and promotion of Basketball?

Do you believe the promotion and marketing of basketball in the United States is inherantly racist and if so do you believe it has any impact on how the game is played, players recruited etc? For example, the game is marketed as a largely "black" sport, urban, hip-hop oriented and much of the focus is placed on a style of play favored more by black players than those of other ethnicities. Does this hurt or help the black community? Does this mean less opportunities for players of other ethnicities? Or is it all about who is the better player rather than who is more marketable in the current business model of the NBA?

Public Comments

1. I think it makes it a little harder for people of othe races to prove themselves.