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Football

rampartc

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6. there are certainly latinxs who are big enough to play football

Reply to brush (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 9, 2018, 04:48 PM

Dec 2018

but the small qiuck stereotype makes a better shortstop.

and absolutely, rhere are plenty of candidates in all races for positions in sports, but perhaps some desperate need to escape the inner city drives blacks, while that desire may be lacking in a siburbanite with some alternatives.

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