Olympics

A couple of days ago I thought of posting something about why I hate the Winter Olympics, aside from the fact that so many of the events are incredibly lame. The reason: that they're so white. Nobody but rich white Americans and Europeans play any of these sports. Major countries, like Mexico, don't even bother to field teams. It's fun to poke fun at the Jamaican bobsledding team, of course, but drawing from such a limited demographic means that these athletes just aren't as good as those in many of the summer events. What did Hans and Frans call them? The girlie olympics or the baby olympics or something.

I wish I'd posted it then, though, because something happened today that only amplifies my point: a speed skater by the name of Shani Davis of the U.S. team became the first black person ever to win an individual gold medal at the winter games.