Talk:Race and ethnicity in the NBA

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First Asian-born player

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Wang Zhizhi is not the first Asian-born player, Tom Meschery is the first Asian-born player. — MT (talk) 01:39, 23 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, can change to first Chinese player.—Bagumba (talk) 01:46, 23 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

NBL/ABA pioneers

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Statistics

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Does anyone have a statistical source to back up or dispute Larry Bird's statement? Cmguy777 (talk) 21:04, 21 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Article currently says that in 2011, 78% of league was black. Is there something else specifically you are looking for?—Bagumba (talk) 01:22, 24 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Black is not the same as African-American

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The whole article does not consider the issue of foreign players. The article uses the words "black" and "African-American" synonymously, but there are several players in the league who are black and not African-American but Afro-European or African. Or does the whole article refer to US-Players? If not, is a player like Nenê (Afro-Brasilian) listed as black or as latin?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.218.213.238 (talk) 19:07, 10 January 2016‎ (UTC)Reply

The TIDES report seems to use Black and African-American interchangeably, so I agree that "Black" is probably less confusing to use. Per the report, someone like Nene would seem to have been categorized based on self identity: "Those who identified themselves as African-Americans or Black comprised ..." (2015 TIDES report, p. 2).—Bagumba (talk) 00:10, 11 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

mixed

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Do all mixed players count as blacks? I have seen a lot of players that look multiracial. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.91.126.99 (talk) 13:39, 4 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Ethnicity?

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As far as I can tell, the article as it stands does not talk about ethnicity at all, only race. Given the known broad genetic diversity among Black people (greater than that between races, as commonly pointed out in refutations of "race realists"), this seems like a massive oversight. As it stands, the title is misleading and content lacking and not particularly interesting. 76.64.32.178 (talk) 00:04, 12 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

FYI, the title background is above at #NBL/ABA pioneersBagumba (talk) 01:09, 12 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

Reasons?...

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Notably absent from the article is any discussion of WHY these striking disparities exist...

WHY are Blacks so massively over-represented in the NBA? Why are Whites so under-represented, and Asians even more so?

Is this primarily due to cultural differences? Primarily due to innate biological differences? (i.e. greater prevalence of whatever physical traits make for good basketball players in some racial groups than in others) Some combination?...

The article talks about the racial history of the NBA, but omits any discussion of the reasons for the current massive disparities, which is odd, considering that most discourse of race in the NBA talks a lot about WHY such disparities exist. -2003:CA:8713:1000:A59D:8DC2:C5DC:9794 (talk) 14:31, 7 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Can we add statistics back to the start?

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Can someone find and add statistics back to the start of the NBA? Thank you! Misty MH (talk) 04:50, 6 March 2021 (UTC)Reply