LL, you compared Elk Grove (100k total pop), a city with a 11 percent black population to Oakland (400k total pop)that has a 30 percent black population (down from a high of 50 percent 35 years ago). Elk Grove is not the new Oakland no matter how you spin it. That statement was ridiculous.
"Go to a game now and if you see more whites on a hoop team that is the anomaly. "
Regardless of the racial composition of Sheldon, Franklin, Monterey Trail, Antioch, Deer Valley, Heritage, Freedom, etc basketball teams the cities the schools are located in still have a large white population and a small black population. Sacramento is 14 percent black. Stockton is 12 percent black.. Brentwood and Oakley are less than 10 percent. The black population of Antioch is 17 percent the largest of the cities you mentioned. All of these cities are predominately white.
Cultural influences and dna play a MUCH bigger factor as to why those teams (sports in general) are predominately black/non-white.
Based on the population of the city, you would expect Deer Valley or any other high school in Antioch to only have 2 black players on a 12 man roster. We both know that is not the case.
The Bay Area dominates the Sacramento area in basketball because the bay area plays a superior brand of basketball! It has nothing to do with population size, affordability, urban migration or any other excuse you want to make.
