Oiselle & Women's Running rejoice that Oiselle has signed 4 women of color. When was this ever an issue?

What does it matter what color they are? Just say Oiselle signed 4 women. Can we please leave race out of everything?!? Come on!

It's called inclusion. The more Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, are seen participating in any given sport, the more likely they may consider giving it a go themselves. Nothing wrong with that. Women's Soccer World Cup getting ready to blast off, they've included 8 new countries. Do you think girls in Vietnam will be more likely to play some futball going forward?

So Oiselle never hired colored women until now. Thats like 20 years? So now they should be lauded for finally hiring some?

That sounds blatantly racist AND sexist to me!

The girls in Vietnam are struggling to eat every day. I doubt they will be seeking to play some futbol going forward.

I watched Nuguse win the 1500 and 2 east African-born runners get 1 and 2 in the 5000.

This is just Kara Goucher's woke company trying to stay relevant.

Ah yes. That must be why Athing Mu isn't well known.

You're joking, right? The vast majority of the world's top runners come from one specific region in East Africa. Is running 'racist' towards non Kenyans, Ethiopians, Ugandans, etc?

People are worried about AI replacing human workers but already it feels like the thought and speech output of many apparently real humans is run on a very cheap prototype AI program. The way writers, marketers, promoters, journalists, etc. just spit out the same basic lines over and over again, about inclusivity and ______ of color and commitment to this and embrace that. The excerpt already posted is just missing one of the athletes being quotes as saying "I never saw a distance runner who looks like me."

I realized I no longer feared AI the other day when I saw an article by an allegedly human journalist complaining there wasn't enough diversity in the shows that make up "Shark Week." If people had original thoughts and were capable of expressing them, AI wouldn't be a threat, but as it is, we won't even know the difference when all communications professionals are replaced. Heck, I'm not sure social media isn't already just all AI bots.

Doesn’t that magazine, “women’s running”, constantly feature Nikki Hiltz?

He said on a messageboard where losers make dozens of racial threads a week.

They weren’t fast enough to be competitive. Not about colour.

e.g. Sinclair Johnson

Des white. I know she has a Mexican grandma, but she white.

Africans are very different than Black Americans. Do some reading or at least get a few Black friends in your life before speaking on topics you know nothing about. For one, being raised in America, Black people are faced with racism from an early age, they have little to no other Black Americans to look towards for inspiration in regards to distance running because most names are out of Africa or African born. 2 very dofferent lifestyles. Being a runner in Africa, you have plenty of inspirational people who look like you you, grew up just like you and in some ways you feel connected. Media has done a horrible job of promoting Black Americans in distance in America which has led to less of them getting sponsored and tons of them not having much needed support to stay in the sport, thus they retire/exit pretty early. Much more to dive into but I'll let you do some research

So let me make sure I understand this. Just to confirm, you don't consider Meb Keflezighi or Abdi who both competed into their 40s, to be black Americans?

What about Yared Nuguse? He was born here but his parents are African?

The media didn't promote black NBA stars either back in the day when the league was all white but that didn't stop them from soon dominating the league.

I see progressives using the same argument. They basically say that "racism" is what causes African immigrants to be far more successful than American-born blacks. If that were true, why are they not held down by it?

I'll tell you the real reason. It's due to culture - to use one example, Nigerians are the most educated group in America. This arises due to their culture, and because of that, they tend to be quite successful.

Nice way to stereotype half the youth population of an entire country of nearly 100 million people!

Not everyone female and under 18 in Vietnam is struggling to eat every day. But even people who are poor and have experienced hunger can still have an interest in sports - and many do.

As is the case in most of the world, football/soccer is hugely popular across all socioeconomic strata in Vietnam.

Vietnamese football fans include many people who are poor and female. Some poor girls and women in Vietnam even play the sport themselves.

In recent years, there's been a big push to develop the girls' and women's game in particular - with successful results.

The Vietnamese women's national team has become a "regional powerhouse" in SE Asia and is playing in the 2023 Women's World Cup.

...the Golden Star Women Warriors, the unofficial nickname given to the women’s national team, have grown into a regional powerhouse, clinching the gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games in May—their fourth consecutive title. Now they’re set to take the country onto the global stage, a feat their male counterparts have yet to achieve.

time.com

Vietnam’s Women’s Soccer Team Is Set to Make History

In its first-ever World Cup appearance, Vietnam will face off against the U.S.

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olympics.com

Southeast Asian Games 2023: Vietnam women take gold in run up to debut FIFA Women’s World Cup appearance

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Find out everything you need to know about Vietnam's 2-0 win over Myanmar in the women's football final at the Southeast Asian Games 2023

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Regarding: "I find the whole article to be bizarre. The article basically implies the other brands are racist."

Thankfully track and field is a diverse sport.

That said, if we were able to see sponsorship details for all the athletes in track over the past 20-30 years, it would be a bit ugly in terms of pay gap and who gets sponsored for equal performances.

Oiselle was complicit in this problem whether they tried to be or not. It's good that they are addressing it in the small way that they can. But I do believe that the other brands are also conscious of this too.

That said, there is a very good chance that brands like Oiselle are using athletes to try to cover up lack of diversity in other parts of their business. Corporate offices at most brands are so incredibly white. It's definitely easier to sign fast runners of color as short term independent contractors than it is to find experienced product designers or marketers or to train them on your own.

It's Oiselle that is making this about race. If you want to complain about injecting race into the story then complain to Oiselle, not the OP.

Why does it matter if they're African born?

Fisher is Canadian born. Rupp and Centrowitz are the only good male athletes I can think of that are American born. Nuguse is also American born but you stated he doesn't count