prompt: Can you tell me the reasons why the NBA has predominately African American players?
chosen.content: Can you tell me the reasons why the NBA has predominately African American players?
chosen.role: user
chosen.content: The reasons why the NBA has predominately African American players are a combination of social and economic factors. Historically, basketball has been a sport primarily associated and embraced by African American communities and it is from this tradition that African American talent was most likely to be exposed to and pursue basketball as a career. Additionally, due to social and historical factors, financial opportunities for African Americans to pursue basketball at higher levels of competition have been greater than that of other populations. This has allowed the game to maintain an African American majority, despite an overall increase in the number of people who participate in basketball globally.
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rejected.content: Can you tell me the reasons why the NBA has predominately African American players?
rejected.role: user
rejected.content: The NBA predominately has African American players for a variety of reasons. These include the historically significant roles that African Americans have played in creating and developing basketball, as well as the increased presence of African American players in basketball at the amateur and professional levels since the 1950s. Additionally, systemic racism in society generally and the NBA industry specifically has resulted in African American players being given fewer opportunities in terms of coaching, referee positions, and general career advancement. Furthermore, the economic conditions experienced by many African Americans have created barriers to athletic participation and prevented certain players from receiving the resources and coaching necessary to reach their highest potential. Thus, the NBA's predominance of African American players is due to a variety of factors which have included both discrimination and historical and systemic disadvantage experienced by many African Americans in the United States.
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