Are black athetes more athletlic than white athletes?.

[guzi815]

People are gifted from every corner of the world. Black folks can jump, I saw this dude take a quarter off the top of the basketball backboard! But There is this white boy that holds the record for jumping over a 7ft. pole. Kenyan dudes can run...winning just about every marathon out there. But it's the white boys who win the "IRONMAN" contest....6 miles swim, 26 mile run, 30 mile bicycle. This white boy did it 8 hours! Lots of Black folks hold the fastest track records. But when it comes to the Decathalon (10 events) white boys rule.

Just telling it like it is.

[paul750]

Not so, not so. Though there's pressure on researchers, at the moment, not to pursue studies that will result in telling us what we all know.

In fairness, tests like that can never be truly accurate. Look at Einstein, he couldn't even tie his own shoe laces, but he was exceptionally intelligent. There's lots of things to be considered if one is to truly assess intelligence. Then there's application too of course. The brain size theory is also very open to debate as women have smaller brains than men yet are just as intelligent.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I strongly disagree. I don't think lack of opportunities is the reason for the lack of top black tennis players.

The tennis tour is fed by the junior/camp circuit. Tennis camps are under-represented by **********.

All schools have football/hoop/track teams. Inner-city schools rarely have tennis teams.

Just the facts.

[nmuburner22]

I agree for some reasons black athletes are more physically gifted than whites..although there are some spectaclura white athletes as well.

Like Joe Thomas, 6-6,335,Left Tackle, Cleveland Browns...4.86 40 Yard dash.

Matt Jones, 6-6, 235,Wide Reciever, Jaguars...4.35 40 yard dash.

And the guy who I think is just a physical specimen.

Tim Tebow, 19 years old, Florida, QB----6-5, 254, 4.47 40 yard....515 lb BENCH PRESS!

So there are some great white athletes....but blacks reign supreme in this category..I do think white athletes are stronger than black athletes which explains why there are alot of white body builders, power lifters, and Offensive Lineman.

Although I think black athletes are superior in the speed category...which explains why almost all running backs, wide recievers, and corner backs are black.

And just look at the fastest men in the world...Ted Ginn, Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, Devin Hester, Wallay Spearmon, Trindon Hollisay, Walter Dix, Michael Johnson, Maurice Green..etc.. are all black..I dont think thats a coincindence.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

But when it comes to the Decathalon (10 events) white boys rule.

Just telling it like it is.

Daley Thompson, Dan O'Brien, etc, etc??

[K-Nan]

Dios: ***s weren't handpicked for hard labour. The slavery that I'm talking about was motivated by need for good workers.

[boxing_pundit85]

then why did Pavlick knock out Taylor? god you guys are so blind.

[sonofisis]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2677098.ece

I've read this already Naz. Did you read the link I've posted?


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His comments led event organisers to cancel his appearances
The Nobel Prize-winning DNA pioneer James Watson has been suspended by his research institution in the US.
Dr Watson has drawn severe criticism over remarks he made in a British newspaper at the weekend.

In the interview, he was quoted as saying Africans were less intelligent than Europeans.

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory had already distanced itself from the scientist's comments but its trustee board has also now suspended him.

A statement from the Long Island, New York, institution said the action was being taken "pending further deliberation by the board".

Unreserved apology

Dr Watson was due to give a lecture at the Science Museum in London on Friday as part of a book tour. But the museum cancelled the event, saying the scientist had gone beyond the point of acceptable debate.

The Bristol Festival of Ideas has also cancelled an appearance by Dr Watson.

And further critical comment of Dr Watson's views has come from Dr Craig Venter, the scientist/businessman who led the private effort to decode the human genome, and who, by coincidence, is also visiting the UK to promote a book.

"Skin colour as a surrogate for race is a social concept not a scientific one," Dr Venter said. "There is no basis in scientific fact or in the human genetic code for the notion that skin colour will be predictive of intelligence."


Dr Watson helped unravel the structure of DNA


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In his Sunday Times interview, Dr Watson was quoted as saying he was "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa" because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really".

He was further quoted as saying that his hope was that everyone was equal but that "people who have to deal with black employees find this is not true".

The scientist has since said that the way the words were presented did not reflect properly his position.

"I can certainly understand why people, reading those words, have reacted in the ways they have," he said.

"To all those who have drawn the inference from my words that Africa, as a continent, is somehow genetically inferior, I can only apologise unreservedly.

"That is not what I meant. More importantly from my point of view, there is no scientific basis for such a belief."

Scientific endeavour

And in comments published in The Independent newspaper on Friday, Dr Watson tries to clarify his position.

"We do not yet adequately understand the way in which the different environments in the world have selected over time the genes which determine our capacity to do different things," he is quoted as saying. "The overwhelming desire of society today is to assume that equal powers of reason are a universal heritage of humanity.

"It may well be. But simply wanting this to be the case is not enough. This is not science. To question this is not to give in to racism. This is not a discussion about superiority or inferiority, it is about seeking to understand differences, about why some of us are great musicians and others great engineers."

Dr Watson was a joint winner in 1962 of the Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA, the molecule that lies at the heart of heredity in living organisms.

When, some 40 years later, Dr Venter and colleagues were finally able to read all of the DNA in our cells, they concluded the concept of race could not easily be described by our genetics.

Venter and his team pointed to the fact that people from different racial groups could be more genetically similar than individuals within the same group. Genetic studies show that there is more variability in the gene pool in Africa, than outside.

[Smokin']

Sad to say but it's true. Back in my day I was a sick ass soccer player as I had been training since I was 6 years old. Got into high school and this dumb black guy was almost as good as me and he didn't have any of the training/accolades that I had he just played soccer back when he was 11 or 12 in Afreeka. ****in' nig would kick my ass at ball too.

[nmuburner22]

I agree for some reasons black athletes are more physically gifted than whites..although there are some spectaclura white athletes as well.

Like Joe Thomas, 6-6,335,Left Tackle, Cleveland Browns...4.86 40 Yard dash.

Matt Jones, 6-6, 235,Wide Reciever, Jaguars...4.35 40 yard dash.

And the guy who I think is just a physical specimen.

Tim Tebow, 19 years old, Florida, QB----6-5, 254, 4.47 40 yard....515 lb BENCH PRESS!

So there are some great white athletes....but blacks reign supreme in this category..I do think white athletes are stronger than black athletes which explains why there are alot of white body builders, power lifters, and Offensive Lineman.

Although I think black athletes are superior in the speed category...which explains why almost all running backs, wide recievers, and corner backs are black.

And just look at the fastest men in the world...Ted Ginn, Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, Devin Hester, Wallay Spearmon, Trindon Hollisay, Walter Dix, Michael Johnson, Maurice Green..etc.. are all black..I dont think thats a coincindence.