Why not? Dogs and trees have already been adjudged racist. Time to take on white horse supremacy.
Black Equestrians Want to Be Safe. But They Can’t Find Helmets. For Black riders with natural hair, finding a helmet that fits can be virtually impossible. Some are trying to raise awareness of the problem, but manufacturers say it’s not a simple fix. – New York Times
Good thing there’s nothing else going on in the world. These aren’t just first-world problems, they’re absurdly upper-class problems.
Black equestrians have long felt virtually invisible in a sport that remains overwhelmingly white. For those with natural hair, which for many is a declaration of pride and Black identity, finding a helmet that fits properly can be nearly impossible, creating yet another barrier to full inclusion.
You can get a haircut or find a sport that doesn’t require a helmet, like a functional adult. Or blame racism.
In an interview, James Ruder, the chief executive, said the company’s helmets can accommodate most riders. He added that he had “never once heard” about a Black rider struggling with helmet fit.
“If you have an ‘oddity’ — and I don’t mean to be disrespectful to the people who have weird hairstyles — but if you have a hairstyle that impacts the functionality of the helmet, you might just have to change it,” Mr. Ruder said.
In a follow-up interview, Mr. Ruder stood by his view that riders need to be aware that their hairstyle choices can affect helmet safety, and added that he intended no offense with his comments. “I’m bald, and some people find that weird,” he said. “It’s all relative.”
Black riders say the manufacturers’ responses demonstrate what they’re up against.
“Sports were only developed for white people and they continue to keep white people protected,” Ms. Robbins said. “People need to realize diversity and inclusion belongs anywhere, especially in sports.”
Sports were only developed for white people. There are no black people in sports. None at all.
Helmets have to fit your head. If you have big hair, they won’t safely fit your head. You can be white and have big hair. Or you can be black and have big hair. Either way you’re making a choice of priorities. And instead of owning those choices, people with the disposable income to do this play the victim.
I want the basketball rim to be lowered to 7 feet
Thumbs up, but on second thought, I’d rather it be raised to 20.
What did the American Indians ride then? Cowboys were racist but American Indians were exempted by wokium in their wikiups?
the Indians didn’t wear helmets
so maybe the helmets are white supremacy and true wokes should reject them
Would it be racist to enquire why black equestrians won’t design and manufacture their own helmets?
Actually, they rode nothing until they got their hands on some horses the Spanish brought over and lost. The Cheyenne and Sioux never ventured far into the Great Plains until they had horses, Then they became some of the best riders ever. And any pre 20th century North American Indian I’ve ever known of would likely as not be murderously insulted if you dared pity them.
Most people can’t fathom people that think differently from them, past or present. I suspect you’re not among them Saint John Of Grafton.
Thanks Cowboy, that’s a good bit of history most people don’t know about.
They rode horses introduced to them by White people, who also taught them how to ride them.
“Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century.”
So are Indians racist?
I understand the way the Indians played it, it was really rough.
Got to send this article on. You just_can’t_make this s^&t up.
omg, that must be one of the dumbest articles ever. I spend a lot of my time reading military history of the 19th century and earlier when horses were the main form of land transportation.
To quibble, d*mn me, in the 19th and early 20th centuries it was the mules that did the real work, not horses. But you’re right again AA, the slimes really outdid themselves here.
Yeah, the mules did a great job, carrying heavy loads, in difficult terrain. I was also thinking about oxen, camels, and elephants 🙂
It would be a much easier question to ask these days, as in.. What is NOT racist these days.. as everything seems to be labeled as such.
Ya cant make this crap up anymore.
If I was black I would be embarrassed for my people but then Ive never claimed to be a victim even though I was born in a huge Slum in Scotland in 1948 and had family that was so happy to move into what is known in America as the projects, in Scotland known as Housing Estates.
The Negroes in America need to learn that success is the best revenge just as the Irish, the Jews and the Vietnamese have done across America.
A lot of them, but never enough it seems, are embarrassed. Especially Christians that have migrated from Africa. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of money to be grifted in the racism industry.
I remember the shrimpers getting upset because the Vietnamese got up too early in the morning.
It’s an engineering problem since the helmet has to actually fit snug against the scalp with minimum gap to be effective. Big hair creates a large gap between the scalp and the inside padding of the helmet which would cause the helmet to slam hard against the head upon any impact. Not sure how you would design around that.
Thanks, very interesting!
Mr. Ed would like to know.
How did Colin Kaepernick cope with this?
Thoroughbred racing is an exercise in mass discrimination. Where are the two hundred pound jockies? Is the Department of Labor demanding consent decrees? Why isn’t Mayor Pete mandating bigger horses?
Don’t get me started on gender based racing schedules. Why can’t my gender affirmed gelding compete where she/he/they/them identify?
FWIW, one of the reasons the triple crown for America’s three year olds is held when it is because a few weeks later fillies and mares go into heat and whole colts and horses [ stallions ] lose focus.
Wilbur….is that you?
More intimidation by negro con artists. Tell them to go to hell.
So what do all the black football players wear?
I am left handed and almost no manufacturers make left handed firearms and those that do charge more them. That is discrimination
With a right handed M-16 the hot brass would bounce off my arm and usually go down my T shirt. under my BDU shirt. It’s not a large opening but the brass would hit it unerringly. Aiming with hot brass burning your belly is challenging, lol. I have a left handed AR-10LR and a left handed AR-15 Carbine. What fun those are to shoot. It’s an extra $500 for a left handed rifle($1000 for an H&K last I checked). Left handed baseball gloves used to be, and left handed PC mice are hard to find. I’m almost ambidextrous with a mouse, from fixing other people’s PCs. Myu mother had to learn to write and draw/paint with her right hand at art school.
So according to the New York Slimes Rodeos and the Kentucky Derby is Racists what else can we expect from the far left rag on just about everything they have been printing their leftists Propaganda since 1932 and covered up for Stalin and Hitler
Maybe they should shave their heads. But they don’t really want to ride, so it’s a moot point.
All of it is a moot point with these idiots.
So dose that mean Black Cowboys and Cowgirls are Racists according to the New York Slimes?