For the Appalachia society to justify and cope with the minimal diversity, they ask many African Americans the exasperating question of “what sport do you play?” In 2015, about 1 out of 5 African American students at App state were athletes, which is about 20% of the slim African American population (Wilkerson-New 2015). I get asked that tiresome question at least five times a semester, and when I inform the person that I am here because of my academic strengths, they are usually flabbergasted. I have been getting my allergy shots for the last two years at student services, and Mrs. Jill to this day thinks that I run track. She always asks me about practices, and I kindly inform her that I never played a sport here. At first, I use to take