I hate to bring up the race card again, but...

I never thought about it, but I can't say that the following story (which is linked here and below) surprised me one iota.

It's very sad.

The best quote comes from the professor who put this together, Justin Wolfers, whose done other sports-related studies before:

“Basically, it suggests that if you spray-painted one of your starters
white, you’d win a few more games.”

Study of N.B.A. Sees Racial Bias in Calling Fouls