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(Institutional) Racism in Climbing? 5-Apr-2011 At 9:52:49 AM hangdog

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>Does anyone know the rough ethnic breakdown of other thrill-seeking sports
>i.e. motocross, base jumping etc? Wonder if it's the same thing - a bunch
>of dumb caucasians trying to get a high out of being in danger of death.

There is a motocrosser called james "bubba" stewart who is a gentleman of colour. he started racing when he was 4.
i think he was the first black chappie to suceed at a high level.
i remember working with some aboriginal kids on a mountain bike trip and someone said to one of the fast kids. "you ride it like you stole it" . the other kids said that most of the time he had !! of course this comment from a whitey non social worker was considered unacceptable by the other mostly whitey social worker types.
something i have noted over many years working with koori kids is that a lot of them make really good climbers not just physically but often able to work out the moves quicker than others. they dont seem to have the attention span or really dont give a shit whether they do it or not.