The same can certainly be true of the men (and one woman) who referee in the NBA. They are routinely described as the cream of the crop of sports officials, people who are expected to train their three pair of eyes on the fastest, most accomplished basketball players in the world. Night after night, they get it right. Oh sure, they miss a call here and there, but overall, these world-class officials handle world-class basketball stars with class and professionalism.
Most of them have spent decades perfecting their ability to get the calls right. And besides having the rules and mechanics down pat, they are proudest of their unimpeachable integrity. They are honorable people who are expected to walk onto the basketball court every time being perfect, and only should improve from there.
What a horrendous insult it is to any of these folks to have some pinhead college professors accuse them of racism. Again, I’m no scholar here, but how in God’s name could any reliable statistical data be gathered on such an idiotic formula? For example, when all ten players on the court are black, a frequent occurrence in the NBA, are white officials supposed to go up and down the bench and assess imaginary technical fouls to white players just to get “right” with the racial formula of their foul-calling?
Now that the venerable New York Times has prominently covered this moronic study, it’ll just be a matter of time before Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton get involved. I suppose the only answer is to fire all the white referees so that no one can accuse NBA officials of being bigots.
If black officials call too many fouls on white players, is that racism?
For the race-baiting crowd, I’m sure the answer is a resounding “no.” In their distorted world, whites are the only ones capable of bigotry. If blacks do something wrong, that’s just justice.