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| William Hung would be proud! |
New York Knick Jeremy Lin was long undervalued due to his
ethnicity, but almost overnight he became a sensation.
How was this off-radar non-drafted player discovered?
Not
by PC legislation for sure. Rather, it was the desire of Knicks management to
compete in the league, which involved a little risk-taking with whatever
limited resources they had.
When seeking quality, it literally pays to recognize
prejudices for what they are, in order to discard the unhelpful ones, e.g.
yellow men can’t jump/shoot.
THE PERILS OF PC LEGISLATION
What if sports leagues were mandated by law to favor
minorities, e.g. racial quota per team?
For one, there would be lower standards of selection as a
means of attaining mere compliance. We can also expect that eligible minorities
would become complacent, knowing that they have a shot at making it to the pros
with less effort. We can expect a drop in athleticism overall.
Quite like the situation of government; absence of
competition makes for inefficiency.
FINAL REMARKS
What we can take away from these meditations on Jeremy
Lin’s recent success is that anti-discrimination laws have adverse
consequences unforeseen by most, and hinder favorable consequences otherwise
achievable sans government meddling.
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