[quote]Xab wrote:
I hate to be the one to say it, but at least in America, they were bred to be the biggest, strongest, and to have the greatest endurance 200 years ago. [/quote]
And I hate to be the one to say it but…You’re welcome!
[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:
I suck at basketball and am awesome at lacrosse. What does this prove? Nothing. Just like this dumb article.[/quote]
well no shit you sucked at basketball, look how small your fucking arms are…they would probably break if you were ever stuffed at the rim.
Some East Africans excel at distance runnng, some West Africans excel at sprinting & some Europeans excel at strength sports. We are talking at elite levels here and that “slow” European sprinter is still faster then 95% of the black population and Mark Felix is probably stronger then 95% of the white population. Not to mention that other groups like Japanese woman distance runners and Eastern European basketball players manage to compete at the highest levels but are rarely mentioned because they don’t fall into other people’s neatly imagined ideas. The difference between you or me and an elite athlete of any race is in all probabilty greater then the differences among themselves.
My eyes tell me that on the elite level sport where speed is premium like basktball, football or short sprints tend to favor blacks of west african decent and sports where strength is premium like weightlifting, wrestling or field events tend to favor people of European descent. Agains who cares. That doesn’t mean that there haven’t been alot of great white baskeball players or alot of great black wrestlers. Most sports require an amount of skill despite any natural advantages and the demographics tend to skew differently in sports where more of a premium is placed on skill than any one glaring trait like linear speed, ultra endurance or extreme top end strength. Not to mention every advantage also has a disadvatage. Someone who has the nervous system of an elite sprinter is probably not going to have the work capcity to succeed in a sport where you have to mantain a medium to high work output for an extended amount of time or vice versa. Different people are built for different things and this is probably true more within one population group then between one group and another.
Excellent article. For those that haven’t read it, the synopsis is as follows:
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Blacks excel at running. East Africans kick incredible ass at distance events; West Africans (and, by extension, blacks in the West Indies like Jamaica and the United States) kick ass at sprinting (and, therefore, sports that depend on speed like football).
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Asians rock at sports involving flexibility. The author mentions diving and gymnastics. Another example he omits is martial arts.
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Whites lie somewhere between East and West Africans in terms of running ability (the jack of all trades, but a master of none), but have superior upper body strength.
The article makes a lot of good points, IMO.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Uh… did no one actually read the article. The article never makes the claim ALL sports.
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No, but the subject of the thread did say “All”.
The ignorance of the thread’s title lead me to believe the link was not worth clicking.
And the article’s own title says “dominates sports” which is almost as ignorant of a statement and is made just to start controversy.
even if in reality you can’t beat others in “all” sports…if you don’t believe you can beat them then you are already beaten and do not deserve to win anyway. if you get under a squat rack and say to yourself “man i can probably only do one” then get the hell out…say “man, i can do this shit for a warm-up” and throw that shit up! believe in yourself!
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
I’ll put it this way.
I’m trying to decide which guy I want on my football team. The only information I have received is that one is black, one is white and they are both muscular and athletic.
I would pick the black guy.[/quote]
I’ll put it this way.
I’m trying to decide which guy I want on my hockey team. The only information I have received is that one is black, one is white and they are both muscular and athletic.
I would pick the white guy.
[quote]Ricochet wrote:
NHL Ice Hockey…
Swimming…
Just silly.[/quote]
Yes swimming, Hockey. But…
Curling, Polo, Rugby, Bass Fishing, Nascar, Supercross, American Soccer, Horse racing,
X Games, Cricket, Discuss,
Pride youreself man you can do better than that
[quote]horsepuss wrote:
Ricochet wrote:
NHL Ice Hockey…
Swimming…
Just silly.
Yes swimming, Hockey. But…
Curling, Polo, Rugby, Bass Fishing, Nascar, Supercross, American Soccer, Horse racing,
X Games, Cricket, Discuss,
Pride youreself man you can do better than that[/quote]
American soccer? That’s interesting, never heard it before.
Ask Jimmy " The Greek ", he will tell you why black athletes dominate in sports.
Becuase they have lower intellectual prowess on average, so many of them spend all their time playing b-ball up in the streets, and of this much larger percentage who devote their time fully to sports, there are going many more genetically gifted people who rise to the top, because it is alot more of them period purusing sports fully.
They also don’t dominate all sports, Boxing, Hockey, Swimming, Powerlifting, Olympic Lifting…etcetera etcetera.
I’d say genetically however, running genes are better in blacks, but muscular strength is lower. In the case of the American, “super-slave,” this is a case of artificial selection creating genetically stronger people. Whites have an equivalent to these, in the Boer people and Northern European, who by natural selection weeded out most week and small peoples.
[quote]chimera182 wrote:
horsepuss wrote:
Ricochet wrote:
NHL Ice Hockey…
Swimming…
Just silly.
Yes swimming, Hockey. But…
Curling, Polo, Rugby, Bass Fishing, Nascar, Supercross, American Soccer, Horse racing,
X Games, Cricket, Discuss,
Pride youreself man you can do better than that
American soccer? That’s interesting, never heard it before.[/quote]
never heard of american soccer before, its like Futbol but in america. Dummy
[quote]horsepuss wrote:
Ricochet wrote:
NHL Ice Hockey…
Swimming…
Just silly.
Yes swimming, Hockey. But…
Curling, Polo, Rugby, Bass Fishing, Nascar, Supercross, American Soccer, Horse racing,
X Games, Cricket, Discuss,
Pride youreself man you can do better than that[/quote]
… hurling, field hockey, water polo, Ironman, high diving, cliff diving, lawn darts, surfing, bullriding, bronco… wait a minute this is not looking too good or smart!
Still think this is all a crook of shit. If there is a dream, the will, and the perseverance there is always a way. Yes, beyond genetics and apparent innate athleticism… to many exceptions out there that have proven this.
Training REALLY hard and smart with patience is the key (note the stress on really).
Ok, This may sound ridiculous (Because im alittle buzz) but hang with me here because its just another possibility. As we all know,Africa is hot. (Really?) It has alot of open space and its terrain provide the Africans with some fantastic animals. These Animals are fast and cunning.
Its obvious that Africans never discovered Agriculture because of nomadic tribes and the land had very fertile land so Africans turned to Hunter-Gather societies to feed their people. Hunter-Gathers would be just that…they would hunt and run to the fast animals. The running skills of the Africans passed on from generation to generation,each generation being faster than the last.
Now as for the white man,Agriculture was possible for him. He didn’t have to run but he sure as hell had to do alot of manual labor to farm. Thus ensuring upper body strength for him. Another possibility is that Blacks are Hunters (Running) and Whites are Warriors (Upper body strength) Where do Asians fall under these categories? I have no idea. In between?
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Another possibility is that Blacks are Hunters (Running) and Whites are Warriors (Upper body strength) Where do Asians fall under these categories? [/quote]
I’d say either Warlock or Mage.
[quote]3IdSpetsnaz wrote:
Becuase they have lower intellectual prowess on average, so many of them spend all their time playing b-ball up in the streets, and of this much larger percentage who devote their time fully to sports, there are going many more genetically gifted people who rise to the top, because it is alot more of them period purusing sports fully.
They also don’t dominate all sports, Boxing, Hockey, Swimming, Powerlifting, Olympic Lifting…etcetera etcetera.
I’d say genetically however, running genes are better in blacks, but muscular strength is lower. In the case of the American, “super-slave,” this is a case of artificial selection creating genetically stronger people. Whites have an equivalent to these, in the Boer people and Northern European, who by natural selection weeded out most week and small peoples.[/quote]
Slavery has existed for thousands of years, and situations were those with physical prowess were the ones to survive is another thing that has also existed for thousands of years. In fact many if not most ethnic groups throughout the world have been subjected to hardships where their physical strength and endurance would be what kept them alive. Just look at Russian gulags, Spartan helotry, the enslavement of the Hebrew people, hand to hand warfare until recently in the native populations of the Americas, the Pacific Islands, Africa, etc etc. It is very hard to pinpoint specifically to one period of slavery as the reason for good genetics for sports.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Totenkopf wrote:
Another possibility is that Blacks are Hunters (Running) and Whites are Warriors (Upper body strength) Where do Asians fall under these categories?
I’d say either Warlock or Mage.
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FTW
This may be the best post to ever come out of a race thread. Granted, there’s not too much competition, but you sir, deserve an e-handshake.
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Ok, This may sound ridiculous (Because im alittle buzz) but hang with me here because its just another possibility. As we all know,Africa is hot. (Really?) It has alot of open space and its terrain provide the Africans with some fantastic animals. These Animals are fast and cunning.
Its obvious that Africans never discovered Agriculture because of nomadic tribes and the land had very fertile land so Africans turned to Hunter-Gather societies to feed their people. Hunter-Gathers would be just that…they would hunt and run to the fast animals. The running skills of the Africans passed on from generation to generation,each generation being faster than the last.
Now as for the white man,Agriculture was possible for him. He didn’t have to run but he sure as hell had to do alot of manual labor to farm. Thus ensuring upper body strength for him. Another possibility is that Blacks are Hunters (Running) and Whites are Warriors (Upper body strength) Where do Asians fall under these categories? I have no idea. In between?[/quote]
Stop getting high.
Italy being the champions in the world’s most competitive sport kind of throws a spanner in the works
[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
Totenkopf wrote:
Ok, This may sound ridiculous (Because im alittle buzz) but hang with me here because its just another possibility. As we all know,Africa is hot. (Really?) It has alot of open space and its terrain provide the Africans with some fantastic animals. These Animals are fast and cunning.
Its obvious that Africans never discovered Agriculture because of nomadic tribes and the land had very fertile land so Africans turned to Hunter-Gather societies to feed their people. Hunter-Gathers would be just that…they would hunt and run to the fast animals. The running skills of the Africans passed on from generation to generation,each generation being faster than the last.
Now as for the white man,Agriculture was possible for him. He didn’t have to run but he sure as hell had to do alot of manual labor to farm. Thus ensuring upper body strength for him. Another possibility is that Blacks are Hunters (Running) and Whites are Warriors (Upper body strength) Where do Asians fall under these categories? I have no idea. In between?
Stop getting high.
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yes please… stop getting high. And by the way, if I was a hunter I would not run to the faster animal. I would run to the slower animal. Just becuase Im a hunter it doesnt mean I ama a stupid hunter.
and to stay on topic. By the logic of race and sports Brazilians are genetically predisposed to be better at jiu jitzu, Latinos at boxing, and mexicans at winnning the lottery, and jamaicans at smoking the green herb. That is just nonesense.