{"id":27862,"date":"2024-03-06T14:51:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T19:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=27862"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:51:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T19:51:30","slug":"ken-lacorte-asks-what-if-were-all-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/ken-lacorte-asks-what-if-were-all-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken LaCorte Asks What If We’re All Different?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ken LaCorte asked:<\/p>\n

Do you know when was the last time that a white man won the 100-yard dash in the Summer Olympics?<\/a>\u00a0 It was 1980.<\/p>\n

“For that matter, it was the last time a white guy even competed in the finals<\/em>\u00a0for the 100-yard dash.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

To give you some context, we\u2019ve had eleven Summer Olympics since Scotland\u2019s Allan Wells\u2019 1980 victory. Typically, in the finals of the 100m Olympic dash, eight men compete for the top positions. So that\u2019s 88 non-white guys running in the 100m dash Olympic finals. One of those runners (in 2020) was Chinese, all the rest have African heritage.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now if the situation were reversed and only white men were winning this race the woke world would be up in arms that something had to be done to rectify this situation.\u00a0 Racism would be the verdict and we would have courts and government agencies moving heaven and earth to do something about it.<\/p>\n

Well let’s read on with Ken:<\/p>\n

“Do we need to \u201cfix\u201d the problem of fewer white men competing in the 100m dash in the Olympics? I\u2019m guessing almost no one would say yes. It\u2019s certainly not racism or society\u2019s fault.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do we need to \u201cfix\u201d the problem of fewer minorities in Olympic swimming competitions or on hockey teams?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suddenly, the question got a lot thornier. “<\/strong><\/p>\n

But maybe it’s time we just confront brutal reality.\u00a0 People are different and that’s not a problem.\u00a0 It’s reality.\u00a0 Nobody gets every gift and everyone has strengths and weaknesses and that’s just the way it is.\u00a0 Punishing some people for being stronger or faster or smarter or calmer is wrong.\u00a0 Take what God gave you and don’t waste it in envy, use it!\u00a0 And stop hating the next guy who has a different mix of gifts.\u00a0 He’s got his problems too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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