A recent American scientific opinion was criticized on Twitter for using the cardiac arrest of Damar Hamlin, NFL player to suggest that “soccer violence disproportionately affects black men”.
Tracie Canada, a professor of anthropology at Duke University, wrote an article on Friday titled “Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Highlights Black Men’s Experience of Violence in Football,” in which she said: “The anti-darkness of the system is inevitable”.
She wrote: “As a cultural anthropologist, I have spent the last decade learning how black college football players navigate the exploitation, racism and anti-blackness that are fundamental to its current system. ”
Despite the title of the article, Canada later admitted, “I am not aware of any research comparing injury rates between black and white football players. »
Mitch Morse #60 of the Buffalo Bills consoles Tre’Davious White #27 after Damar Hamlin #3 was injured during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium on January 2, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Many personalities on Twitter blasted Scientific American for posting such an article.
sports journalist and show host Jason Whitlock ridiculed the very name of the article, “Twitter’s ‘terrifying and ordinary’ stupidity disproportionately affects the American ‘scientific’ stream.”
Christina Hoff Sommers, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, called Scientific American’s editor: “Another nonsensical and inconsistent article in the once-serious Scientific American. What gives @SciAm @laurahelmuth?”
Two former NFL players also weighed in.
“I haven’t seen anyone troll so well @TheBabylonBee,” tweeted former offensive tackle John Welbourn, while former offensive lineman Cory Procter offered his assessment of the article, “Pure trash.”
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (85) runs past Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) during the first half of an NFL football game, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in Cincinnati. Hamlin was injured on the game.
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Many commenters on Twitter have noted the obvious demographics at play in football.
Outkick content creator Dan Zaksheke tweeted: “Now play hockey, a sport where fighting on a giant ice cube is virtually legal and highly encouraged, and has 93% white players earning a fraction of the ‘silver.”
“Let me assure you there are white people lining up for miles to get into this league,” tweeted sports commentator TJ Joe. “To the extent that it ‘disproportionately affects black men’, it would only be because black men got the spot that white men also wanted. This article is pure garbage.”
National Review Online senior writer Dan McLaughin wrote, “Literally just an argument that NFL teams employ too many black players.”
Damar Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Bills reacts after a Pittsburgh Steelers miss field goal during the second quarter at Highmark Stadium on October 09, 2022 in Orchard Park, New York.
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The Washington Post published a similar op-ed the same day and tweeted: “Opinion of Karen Attiah: ‘As long as the NFL delays making serious changes, the lives of players – especially those of black players – will continue to be compromised .'”
The Spectator’s contributing editor, Stephen L. Miller, noted the Post’s tweet and said, “Scientific American beat them at that 45 minute take.”