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  • The Unmentionable Race? WNBA Avoids Marketing Golden Goose Caitlin Clark

    By Selwyn Duke “The white race is the cancer of human history…,” wrote feminist author Susan Sontag in 1967. Now, almost 60 years later, some may wonder: Has the white race become the cancer of marketing? Many have long noted that black Americans are overrepresented in commercials and ads. At the same time, others complain,…

  • Media Flips Script: Olympic Boxing Controversy is About Pro-white Bias

    By Selwyn Duke When then-18-year-old South African runner Caster Semenya was dusting female competition in races and arousing suspicion about “her” sexual status almost a generation ago, I made a prediction: Medical tests would determine that Semenya had internal testes. Sure enough, this was the case, examination results showed upon coming to light. Furthermore, Semenya…

  • Let Them Eat Sweat: No AC for Olympians, Said French Greenies

    By Selwyn Duke “Fish and guests start to stink in three days,” goes the old epigram — but not if French Olympic organizers bent on surrendering to summer heat have their way. That is, since they wouldn’t provide the athletes they’re hosting air conditioning, citing greentopian priorities, the competitors may stink after one night’s fitful…

  • Caitlin Clark and the Psychology of WNBA Racial Hatred

    By Selwyn Duke It’s not hard to understand why Caitlin Clark, the record-setting white ex-NCAA women’s basketball standout, is enjoying attention and endorsements like no WNBA player before her. And, no, it’s not because of (mythical) “white privilege.”

  • White Girl Paid a Lot: Caitlin Clark’s Woes in Racialized America

    By Selwyn Duke Caitlin Clark would assuredly just like to play basketball. Unfortunately for the WNBA standout, however, focus on the game has been subordinated to racial games in an America in which everything is now about identity politics. Because of this, some may say the WNBA is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.…

  • Liberal BBC Asks, “Is Sport Sexist?” While Promoting Inequality

    By Selwyn Duke It long ago became clear to me that, despite all the pretense, protesting and politicking, no one who has ever seriously thought about equality actually believes in it. When making this case, one could point to how Eric Holder’s DOJ is currently suing the Pennsylvania State Police for treating women equally (how…

  • Why I Hate Soccer

    By Selwyn Duke This article will be a departure from my usual fare. I will not claim there is some Absolute Truth deeming soccer the bane of humanity’s sports. I do not contend that some objective, divine standard places it in Dante’s ninth circle of athletic arenas, though I wish I could. Sport is a…

  • The Olympics and Feminist-style Reporting

    By Selwyn Duke It’s difficult to say if the greatest drama of the 2012 Olympics has occurred inside or outside the athletic arena, but it’s hard for anything to compare to the controversy that recently surrounded 16-year-old Chinese swim sensation Ye Shiwen.  The story started on Saturday when Ye shattered the women’s world record in…

  • Handicaps and Handicapped Thinking

    By Selwyn Duke Just as mighty contests can rise from trivial things, mighty principles are often slain in their name. And good examples of this are often found in sports. There’s an Olympic runner named Oscar Pistorius who has made headlines for two very unusual reasons. First, he has no legs below the knee. Second,…

  • North Dakotans Refuse to Fight for the Sioux — or the Culture

    By Selwyn Duke Earlier this week I wrote about North Dakota’s extraordinary referendum to ban all property taxes. Quite predictably, the state’s residents reacted to it in a very ordinary way: They defeated it by a wide margin. This isn’t surprising since people, especially conservatives, are generally uncomfortable with revolutionary ideas. Well, good ones, anyway.…