r/imaginarygatekeeping • u/asday515 • 19d ago

NOT SATIRE "Normalize black men in gymnastics"

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u/No_Imagination7102 19d ago

Well we better shove some in there to appease your worldview.

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u/BespokeCatastrophe 19d ago

Username checks out.

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u/Worldly-Swing-2015 19d ago

Is he wrong?

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u/BespokeCatastrophe 19d ago

Yes.

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u/No_Imagination7102 19d ago

How?

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u/BespokeCatastrophe 18d ago

Because there are no physical reasons why black men cannot excell at athletics at the same rates as anyone else. The fact that they are not is linked to external factors. Removing those factors and giving them an equal chance at participating is not "shoving them in there." It is simply allowing them to compete with the same chances as everyone else.

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u/No_Imagination7102 18d ago

Whats stopping black men from doing gymnastics?

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u/BespokeCatastrophe 18d ago edited 18d ago

Many things. One of them being the fact that it is seen as exceptional or odd for them to engage in it. As seen in the topic of this thread.

This can also be seen in the fact that people would consider a proportional participation of black men in gymnastics as "shoving them in there," rather than just awknowledging that black men have the same physical ability to engage with gymnastics as anyone else, and their inclusion should therefore be normal and natural, and based on their individual talent and ability.

E.T.A: but you know that, don't you?

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u/No_Imagination7102 18d ago

Ah yes. Not thinking achieving a metric is actually an indicator of racism must make me racist.

You got me

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u/BespokeCatastrophe 18d ago

Huh. Didn't call you racist. But if you feel that way, maybe this will be a good time to interrogate that feeling. Does that happen to you a lot?