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It is clear that Black men & women are represented in all sport activities in higher numbers than any other race. African-Americans rule in many sports [ie. basketball, field & track, boxing, football] and seem to be making strong gains in golf, swimming, volleyball, etc. yet are only 7% of the overall U.S. population.
Why are Blacks so gifted in athletics? It appears that some feel this honest question is racist & former sportscasters have been reprimanded for stating the obvious. No offense meant in this question.
Could it have something to do with the fact that the black man was bred for hundreds of years to be strong so he could do harder work and breed strong childen to work also.
I don't know . . . I have yet to see a good Black hockey player or most of the Winter Olympic sports. Is it possible that Black athletes excel in the sports that they do because they have little option but to apply themselves to these sports (as a way out of their socio-economic situation)?
its BS. why are so many black people basketball players? could it be more cultural?? of you have 80% of black youth playing basketball and only 20% white, doesn't it make more sense to have more black professional atheletes? because the "pool" of athletes from the black will be larger?
and ive heard the "bred to be strong" BS too. the fact is 400 years of breeding, even as slaves and with the strongest surviving, is not enough to create "genetically stronger people". are you forgetting that evolution and"natural selection" takes millions of years??
if black people are stronger, why are all of top places for "most weight benchpressed" and other weight lifting competitions held by white people??
where are all the great black hockey players? or rugby players? or even soccer players? the most famous ones are white, and even pele was spanish, not black, so dont even try it.
swimming?? isnt probably the best know swimming team the australian olympic team?? arent they mostly if not all white?
coldwynn you hit the nail on the head. it has much more to do with social/ economics than actual "super human abilities"
the onyl real evidence ive heard are the difference in muscles. white blacks tend to have more "explosive" (faster) muscle reaction, whites have a slower, more powerful one. that im not even sure is true
Well, you Americans have a black skater* and you don't see that many black people on the ice. Even in the Netherlands.
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*Shani Davis (born August 13, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American speed skater who competes in both short track and long track speed skating.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Davis became the first black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport (1,000 m) and the fifth black Winter Olympics medalist.
Source: Shani Davis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
no not so. but there is definitely a degree of pride in their accomplishments and there should be.
beware of beliefs of genetic superiority. the oppressed can very quickly become the oppressor.
its BS. why are so many black people basketball players? could it be more cultural?? of you have 80% of black youth playing basketball and only 20% white, doesn't it make more sense to have more black professional atheletes? because the "pool" of athletes from the black will be larger?
and ive heard the "bred to be strong" BS too. the fact is 400 years of breeding, even as slaves and with the strongest surviving, is not enough to create "genetically stronger people". are you forgetting that evolution and"natural selection" takes millions of years??
if black people are stronger, why are all of top places for "most weight benchpressed" and other weight lifting competitions held by white people??
where are all the great black hockey players? or rugby players? or even soccer players? the most famous ones are white, and even pele was spanish, not black, so dont even try it.
swimming?? isnt probably the best know swimming team the australian olympic team?? arent they mostly if not all white?
coldwynn you hit the nail on the head. it has much more to do with social/ economics than actual "super human abilities"
the onyl real evidence ive heard are the difference in muscles. white blacks tend to have more "explosive" (faster) muscle reaction, whites have a slower, more powerful one. that im not even sure is true
Natural selection does take millions of years but breeding does not .Slaves were bred like champion race horses which we all know does not take millions of years.
I've also heard about the theory of Black slaves bred for strength but that is probably impossible to trace genetically. I don't buy the argument that Black kids play more basketball on average than other races. I can't remember very many days that my friends & I didn't played hoops thru my entire adolescence but none of us ever honed the skills of our Black peers on the court regardless of height.
Take a look at nearly every professional sports team & African-Americans are often the largest racial group yet represent a relatively small number of Americans.
There very well could be genetic superiority for muscular coordination among Blacks. I do not accept the idea that African-American athletes train harder or longer than any other race but they are more athletic none-the-less.
Natural selection does take millions of years but breeding does not .Slaves were bred like champion race horses which we all know does not take millions of years.
notice how i said natural selection also? meaning the strongest surviving? and you cant breed people like you do horses. two strong big parents doesnt guarentee a strong big child.
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Even in the Netherlands.