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351. Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete

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Sports are among the most meritocratic endeavors that humans do. But we know races and privileges are systems. Professional sports teams in particular, often have very conservative mind set. They tend to go looking for players who look a lot like their previous players. The golden state warriors signed him as an undrafted free agent,. making him the first american of tianese or chinese descent to play in the nba.

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