Read no further if you're uninterested in hearing a rant.

I love to play basketball, but I'm really starting to hate playing at the rec center here on campus (the only gym I have access to on a regular basis). Most of the basketball isn't good basketball. People play bad defense and selfish offense. People cheat whenever possible so that their team will win, and they'll get to keep playing. The games are rough, and I usually come home bruised. There are usually three open courts, but there are typically up to 20 people waiting to play on the main court. If I ever say something like, "Hey, instead of sitting out, maybe we could get two more games going and everybody could play at once," but I usually find that people won't even make eye contact with me. I suspect it's because I'm white (98% of the players are black). When I do get in a game, I seldom get the ball passed to me, and I often hear people on the sidelines making fun of me or expecting me to play poorly. Again, I suspect it's because I'm white. Never mind the fact that I'm usually the most fundamentally skilled player in the gym and regularly score at least half of my team's points.

I just want to play basketball, and I'm really tired of not being able to.