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Are black people genetically "well built"?
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It also all depends on the action. Running is certainly something that is dominated by people of west African descent.
"In track, the purest test of athletic ability, runners of African descent hold every single men's world record at every standard distance, from the 100 meters (where no non-black athlete has held the world record since 1960) to the marathon."
"In track, the purest test of athletic ability, runners of African descent hold every single men's world record at every standard distance, from the 100 meters (where no non-black athlete has held the world record since 1960) to the marathon."
IMHO, Blacks are not genetically superior to other races, but the US Black might have a stronger genetic due to selective breeding/slavery. The stronger slaves were taken aboard ships to America and many weaker one didn?t survive the treacherous journey, thus the superior in sport may have shown by this reason.
However you don?t see that many Black in sports such as hockey, swimming, cycling, and gymnastic. It could be that the Black athletes spend more time training for only a few sports that could lead to domination in the sports that they trained in, while lacking in others. It could concede to that Black athletes are just as good as other races if you divide them out evenly to all sports.
LongCoolMother
Diamond Member
holy sh!t...:Q
Blacks are outnumbered by whites by 8:1 in this country. Even though they are the minority, the cream of the crop rises to the top, and the vast majority of all sprinters are black. Western Africans, or people of Western African descent, hold 95% of all the top times in sprinting. It's pretty hard to argue with a figure like that.
I can see why some people would have a very strong desire to dispel that fact, since some may percieve it as racist and are afraid of the implications that such a fact may pose, but from a purely physiological standpoint it's pretty amazing.
But it's not just a US phenomenon. It's a phenomemon all over the world. The fastest US runners are black. The fastest Canadian runners are black. The fastest German runners are black.... the countries are various, but the one thing that remains constant is that the top sprinters are of western African descent.
And for long distance runners that compete in marathons, such as the Boston Marathon, one country dominates- Kenya.
Here's a list of the top rated Boston Marathon runners:
Moses Tanui, Kenya 2:06:16
Ondoro Osoro, Kenya 2:06:54
Joseph Chebet, Kenya 2:07:34
Elijah Lagat, Kenya 2:07:41
G. Anera, Ethiopia 2:07:54
If you notice, the top four places are held by Kenyans. But there's a challenger from Ethiopa... which is right next to Kenya...
It's obvious that people from that region have a clear advantage.
I have heard theories that Blacks skeletons & because that some Blacks have very large gluteus maximus that helps them with jumping & runing, but rest assure that they might not be the best in all sports that doesn't have a strong requirement for these muscle group.
During the 5 years that I planted tree in the forest, I have found that no Black planter can plant faster than I and many other Caucasian planters. Out of the close to a thousand of planters that I have worked & met during this time most were Caucasian and about 2 dozens were Black an less than a dozen were Asian (I?m the only Vietnamese planter that I have ever heard of that planted trees). And, I have to say that I?m among the top 1 percent of the highballer and the best Black planter might be among the top 25 percent. Tree planting is not a fair comparison, because the demographic is slim but it is the only thing that I have personally experience with.
Yeah, it all depends on where they come from. I wouldn't expect a western African that is built like a sprinter to win the Boston Marathon, and I wouldn't expect a small Kenyan to be a basketball player.
The interesting thing is that in Africa, many of these groups have stayed in one spot for hundreds of years, and therefore gained traits based on their living conditions. There are some tribes were the average height is nearly 7 feet tall, and there are other pygmy tribes where the people are less than 5 feet tall. I wouldn't expect a pygmy to be the prime build for the NBA, but someone from a tall tribe will have a build that lends itself to that sport.
Wherever you find differentiation and specialization in humans, you'll find that there's at least one task that they're really good at. I'd imagine that an eskimo would be really good at surviving in the cold, since they are built for it.
This isn't to say that any race is a "better" group of people, it's just that we're all from different parts of this planet and therefore will be adapted to do different things.
I think socio-economic factors play a larger role than racial ones. What are the cheapest sports to play? The courts are already there, all you need is a basketball. It doesn't cost anything to run. Hockey gear is expensive.
And yes, black people must have an extra muscle! I'd come up with anything to console me with the reality that an evil minority is dominating a sport that used to be played MY people, back in the good 'ol days.
And yes, black people must have an extra muscle! I'd come up with anything to console me with the reality that an evil minority is dominating a sport that used to be played MY people, back in the good 'ol days.
Where did I said that they were lazy?
The fact that 1/6 of the planter survived the treacherous work after first year, and 1/4 last through the second year and a total of 3/100 last beyond the 4th year. If you take that number to the relatively low Black population in Canada verses Asian then it conclude that Blacks are generaly have better work ethic than Asian by the shear number of more Blacks that that I have worked with compare to Asian.
Afro000Dude
Senior member
So there is some base to that stereotype...
Voting vacation for freebee...
consider the tall slender bodies of western africans. they can dissipate body heat much better than short stocky northern europeans (who evolved this stature to conserve body heat in response to cold temperatures.) so yes, i do believe that blacks are genetically superior in certain sports, but because selective pressures along the equator and hottest/driest regions on earth favored the evolution of tall slender beings that could dissipate heat and keep their bodies cool while hunting/gathering/etc. being taller would allow for larger steps, a slender body will mean less weight to carry while running, and the ability to dissipate heat might allow for optimum body conditions for your metabolism.
I agree with your point about hockey and basketball. I think the main reason that more blacks aren't into hockey is for the reason you listed, and also because it's just not as popular among blacks as basketball is. In fact, if you look at the only time that white people dominated in that sport, it was because our racist policies kept them out. Once they were able to fairly compete with us, they proved to be dominant.
What about sports that *everyone* can play, but certain races dominate? For instance how come people from western african descent hold 95% of the sprinting records? Watch the olympics, you'll see white people, asian people, Latin people trying thier hardest... but you'll see people of Western African descent winning 95% of the time.
I don't see any reason why they couldn't be good at hockey though.
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