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"There is no intrinsic reason why these numbers should not be proportional to society in the long run, that's why we compare the ratios."

Tall black men are wildly overrepresented in the NBA. Should the NBA be "proportional to society?"

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That's his point exactly. The reason more black kids start playing basketball is because more black people are in the NBA. And therefore more black kids end up in the NBA in the future. It's a cycle. There's no _intrinsic_ reason for that though.

I don't think this is an apt comparison.

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