I feel like I am being made out to be a racist even though I honestly answered the question posed in the original post. I am against all barbaric seemingly-pointless sports that put lives on the line.
As for mullet photos, I was trying to bring a light-hearted photo to a conversation that was already taken off topic and when fingers were being pointed.
I am intrigued by the "south" because I feel like there is so much that goes on that I will never be able to understand. I consider Nascar more of a southern thing. I dont' think anyone can really argue with that. I consider baseball to be more of a New England thing because tons of the biggest die hards are Red Sox and Yankee fans. Not too long ago, I posted a thread on YT about the confederate flag; my neighbor has one that he flies. He is a racist - a huge racist that I do not even associate with. I associate the confed flag w/ racism and slavery. I asked if I was wrong and got a ton of responses. You would never see a black person from the south displaying the confederate flag because of the meaning behind it.
I think the same goes for this issue. I am not exposed to Nascar. I think of it as a good ol' boys place to hang out. Furthermore, if minorities are not participating in the sport and are not seen frequenting races, what am I supposed to think? I assume that they are not welcome. 2 days ago the U.S. Congress took it upon themselves to pass a resolution to promote diversity in Nascar racing. It's a little scary that steps like that had to be made IMO.
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