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June 16, 2012
(Half)White Men Can't Jump
"He was one of the few players on the team who could not jump high enough to dunk the ball." — David Maraniss explaining the real reason why Obama was not picked for a starting position on his high school basketball team, as detailed from the book Barack Obama: The Story, which, unsurprisingly, contradicts Obama’s own version of it being due to his “black” style of play. -- Talk StraightPosted by gerardvanderleun at June 16, 2012 2:41 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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And where exactly would Obama have picked up this "black" style of play -- from South Central Jakarta? Did Frank Davis show him a couple of ghetto ball tricks in between those underwear sniffing sessions? Ri-i-i-i-i-ight
Posted by: Callmelennie at June 16, 2012 5:40 PM
Sheeet! I thought Obama spent his formative years so high he could have shot the ball straight down.
Posted by: Peccable at June 17, 2012 7:25 AM
Since "too black" is a euphemism for undisciplined, run and gun playground shit, and I have a hard time believing that most of the players at a small Hawaiian school in the 70s could dunk, I might have to go with Obama's story on this one.
Posted by: B Moe at June 17, 2012 9:08 AM
Some time back I saw a short video of his golf swing out on the course. No fricking way he could dribble the ball without tripping over the damn thing before he got to the basket.
Posted by: IndyJones at June 18, 2012 5:56 AM