# Is there a compelling interest for race-based diversity in sports?

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**Created:** [November 6, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-compelling-interest-for-race-based-diversity-in-sports/736791 "2015-11-06T11:20:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-compelling-interest-for-race-based-diversity-in-sports/736791/2 "2015-11-06T11:32:07Z")

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> [@Chief\_Pedant](#):
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> Is there any compelling interest for sports, anywhere along the continuum from schools to professional, to reflect the diversity of a population, or is it OK to let culture, biology and happenstance drive the outcome of who is successful?

Aside from your quasi-retired curmudgeon acquaintances, is there anyone actually calling for ethnic diversity in sports? It is not a theme I have encountered.

\*\*[Moderating] \*\*

Everyone stick to the actual question asked and quoted.

Let’s not turn this into one more “is so/is not” exchange on the OP’s perceived beliefs regarding ethnic groups and intelligence.

**[/Moderating]**

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