Are black athetes more athletlic than white athletes?.

[Jim Jeffries]

If you look at the most atheltically gifted boxers such as tyson,ali,roy jones,sugar ray robinson etc. The great sprinters carl lewis,ben jonson . The greatest golfer of all time tiger woods. The greatest basketball players were michael jordan and magic jonson . Are they superior athletes?.

You do realize that Tiger Woods is less than half black. I believe the best atheletes are a mixture of races, and that is why the U.S. has more atheletes than Africa, since over 90% of all "blacks" in the U.S. are a mixture.

[Jim_Davis]

Alot of the black African American's being succesful has to do with the trickling down effect of slavery. The strongest of the strong ****** were the only ones who survived and passed down their genes to others. That's why today's blacks have the good genetics- because their ancestors had to have them.

And I'm only speaking for blacks out here. I don't know about the rest.

Interesting theory Kaynan. But most black Brits whos grandparents mainly come here during the 40's and so on also seem to dominate the athletics however not to the extent in the USA.

[Welter_Skelter]

Sure I'll Believe Blacks are better Athletes than Whites... Just as soon as we stop ignoring the Countless IQ test scores That say Whites are smarter than Blacks... FAIR????

[deliveryman]

See many tennis courts in the hood?

The very same skills that make you a successful ballplayer will make you a successful tennis player.

The people that you see winning in tennis now have been playing in tennis camps and juniors since childhood.

If you had black parents forcing their sons into tennis, you would have the male equivalents of the Williams sisters.

I don't know if you can say that about tennis. Because tennis involves so many different athletetic qualities, probably more than any other sport there is.

And it also heavily involves strategy, intuition in order to be able to construct and destruct points efficiently.

[paul750]

I know it's not a direct response to the question, but I've been reading 'The Art Of Expressing The Human Body'' and the following excerpt at least reminds us of how similar we all are: ''Anatomically and physiologically every human being is essentially the same - and while it's true that certain anatomical and physiological features may vary among individuals, such variations exist within a very limited and quantifiable range, without altering the fact that the basic governing principles are the same, and without altering the essence of our own distinctly human physiology.''

[sonofisis]

You do realize that Tiger Woods is less than half black. I believe the best atheletes are a mixture of races, and that is why the U.S. has more atheletes than Africa, since over 90% of all "blacks" in the U.S. are a mixture.

First of all, African Americans are 20% mixed on average and the best athletes come from the U.S. because of the resources available.

If this was due to admixture, then certainly the outliner from which the elements are derived should outperform the admixed. Yet you're arguing that neither blacks or whites dominate but rather mixed African Americans? You seem to be confused.

I'll give one example. In track and field, the short distance races are usually always won by those of West African descent (tropical body adaptation, high lung capacity), while those of East African descent tend to do better in long distance (Elongated tropical body plans, higher lung capacity, adaptation to higher, more mountainous regions).

What is Micheal Jordan mixed with?
What was Sugar Ray Robinson mixed with?
What is Jerry Rice mixed with?
What is Hank Aaron mixed with?

etc, etc...

It has nothing to do with admixture. Certain people are just predisposed to outperform in certain areas. Europeans are more stocky in order to conserve heat in colder climates (it's an survival mechanism/adaptation), hence tend to dominate sports like weight lifting or whatever requires a lot of upper body strength.

[robjr]

If you look at the most atheltically gifted boxers such as tyson,ali,roy jones,sugar ray robinson etc. The great sprinters carl lewis,ben jonson . The greatest golfer of all time tiger woods. The greatest basketball players were michael jordan and magic jonson . Are they superior athletes?.

seem to be more gifted athletes yes..

[boxing_pundit85]

If you look at the most atheltically gifted boxers such as tyson,ali,roy jones,sugar ray robinson etc. The great sprinters carl lewis,ben jonson . The greatest golfer of all time tiger woods. The greatest basketball players were michael jordan and magic jonson . Are they superior athletes?.

you are such a racist.

[kayjay]

sonof: most black males in America have a white male somewhere as their direct male ancestor. Few are fully 'black'. That's all he meant.

Jordan, Robinson, etc, we don't know without a DNA test, but I would bet they have plenty of European blood withing the previous five or six generations.

[Jim Jeffries]

If this was due to admixture, then certainly the outliner from which the elements are derived should outperform the admixed. Yet you're arguing that neither blacks or whites dominate but rather mixed African Americans? You seem to be confused.

I'll give one example. In track and field, the short distance races are usually always won by those of West African descent (tropical body adaptation, high lung capacity), while those of East African descent tend to do better in long distance (Elongated tropical body plans, higher lung capacity, adaptation to higher, more mountainous regions).

What is Micheal Jordan mixed with?
What was Sugar Ray Robinson mixed with?
What is Jerry Rice mixed with?
What is Hank Aaron mixed with?

etc, etc...

It has nothing to do with admixture. Certain people are just predisposed to outperform in certain areas. Europeans are more stocky in order to conserve heat in colder climates (it's an survival mechanism/adaptation), hence tend to dominate sports like weight lifting or whatever requires a lot of upper body strength.

I'm not confused at all, and if you knew anything about hybrid vigour you'd understand how the admixed would outperform the outliner from which the elements were derived. I lived in Africa for twelve years, and I can guarantee you that Jordan, Robinson, Rice, Aaron have some other raced mixed in with them. Much more obvious in people like Joe Louis, Winky Wright, or even Ali.