Scorpion_runner wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
Excellent post, this. I have complained several times here about about the apparent western inability to see Africans as individuals. It’s always “the Kenyans”, “the Ethiopians”, “the Africans”. Marion Jones, and even Lance Armstrong, do not reflect negatively on other American athletes. But a Kenyan failing a dope test always brings up the invevitable questioning of the entirety of Kenyan athletics and suggestions from some allegedly smart people that the country should be banned like Russia (never mind the obvious lack of any state sponsored systems).
I too caught the hint that Kenyan testers could’ve targeted Jebet over a grudge. Ridiculous! Makes me think this Ingle guy belongs at the Daily Mail rather than the Guardian.
Wrong.
Lance Armstrong is the most condemned athlete in all of sports. Why? WE condemned him, and we banished him. We acknowledged the wrong doing within our athletics.
The same thing goes for baseball. American did not cover it up. The people spoke out against the players, and condemned the players, which is why Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are not in the HOF as of yet.
Americans are the only ones who go in on NOP and Alberto Salazar. We know he is dirty, and we are against those practices. All you have to do is look at this board and how people hate Rupp, Farah and NOP.
We don't pretend unlike the culture in Kenya, Jamaica and Ethiopia. Were the Dibabas condemned by their people or other african nations when their coach got busted with Peds? Nope. They hid behind the same narrative that you are displaying. Same thing goes for when Jepto and Sumgong tested positive, just more it is not all Kenyans crap.
IN America, we have a history of athletes getting busted for Peds, and we ACKNOWLEDGED that, and we don't hide behind narratives. So we call out other countries that do, and pretend. That is the difference.
We realize that Rupp is possibly dirty. Hasay is possibly dirty. And that Justin Gatlin is possibly STILL dirty ( americans don't even support him).
We are not fake. But african and jamaicans are fake when it comes to doping, and I am writing this as an African American.
So stop the bullcrap, and own up to the doping ways in east african nations.
You spelled Africaat least three times with a lower case "a." I want a DNA test result. I doubt your blackness.