Does anybody else think snooker and pool is a bit racist?

Question

i mean the white ball is always putting the other coloured balls down.......should there be changes to the game to make it more culturally acceptable?

Answer 1

Yeah, it's terribly racist. To combat this I recently bought a black ipod to show how much I like black people.

n.b. this is sarcasm. No, snooker and pool are not racist- I think you can people can find racism / sexism / terrorism anywhere they like if they try hard enough. You crazy guy ;-)

Answer 2

No that is a stupid question like the person creating said "oh lets make the white ball hit every other color because im racist" yeah right. you sound like Dave Chappelle. with all those racist conspiracies

Answer 3

Go and boil your head you idiot.

Answer 4

Well said, f0xymoron.

Answer 5

What has happend to this catagory since i left.?

I just got PO at the swimming pool & video game questions

Now look what kind your asking!

But yeah how bout a red cue ball?-Give the Indians a chance

Answer 6

Black people don't like being refered to as coloured.  Just thought I would point that out.

Answer 7

I didnt have a problem about pool until the end of the game. Why is it to win the game you use the white ball to drop the black ball. Whenever you ddrop the white ball though. It gets to come back up instantly with small consequences but if you drop the black one to early you lose. I think african americans should get more respect. Like come on the coolest people are black. Martin Luther King/jr, tupac, notorious, barrack obama(?)(half breed?), jesse owens, hank aaron, and EVERY SINGLE NBA PLAYER.

Answer 8

HAHA and NO!!!

Answer 9

have you taken your medication this morning ?

Answer 10

grow up.

Answer 11

No what r u thinking?

Answer 12

I think that you are forgetting that generally, the white is smaller, has no points value and is struck more frequently than any of the others.  It's encouraged to kiss, cannon and bounce off the others, but if it goes down, it's immediately hauled back up again.  No, the white doesn't get the best deal.

Answer 13

Yes it's more misogynistic if you ask me... to add to what Allecto said, it also requires women to bend really low to pot a shot.

Answer 14

You are missing the obviously misogynistic overtones... the stick and balls are what control the game an earn points, and they gain status by penetrating the pockets?

Men are pigs.

Answer 15

you have way too much free time on your hands

Answer 16

Don't take anything else away from us.

Answer 17

do you eat a lot of paint chips