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- From: hkelly@tantalum.eds.com (Kelly Shuldberg)
- Newsgroups: rec.skiing
- Subject: Re: National Brotherhood of Skiiers?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.175518.8454@edsr.eds.com>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 17:55:18 GMT
- References: <javad.721589037@nsisrv> <SSH.92Nov13093055@snow.boulder.ibm.com>
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- In article <SSH.92Nov13093055@snow.boulder.ibm.com> <ssh@vnet.ibm.com> writes:
- >Not that the Nat'l Brotherhood of Skiers aren't a fun bunch (they are a largely
- >African-American ski club), but 10,000 *real skiers* on the slops of Vail in
- >addition to a "normal" crowd would be a killer.
-
- Really? A ski club for African Americans? I have noted throughout my some
- 25 years of skiing that skiing is one sport where you simply do not see
- many black people, and I think the reasons are obvious. But society is
- changing, maybe not fast enough for some, maybe too fast for others. I'm
- trying to picture someone like Herschel Walker, growing up in Taos, skiing
- from day one--what kind of a world cup competitor would he be? Look out,
- Alberto!
-
- h. kelly shuldberg
- hkelly@edsr.eds.com
-