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In reply to the discussion: So, is slavery responsible for the athletic performance of African Americans? [View all]
ROFL now that was funny, I see your one dollar LOL, the trading place reference was merely an attempt to condense the topic to a simple observation. I dont agree that Race is the Issue; I believe that all species are conditioned to survive best if the environment they inhabit.
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So, is slavery responsible for the athletic performance of African Americans? [View all]
MadHound
Jul 2012
OP
You're saying The Bell Curve was just about sprinting performance?
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2012
#16
The idea of the documentary is that selection during slavery had an effect
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2012
#23
The documentary Johnson presented, which the article you linked to was about
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2012
#43
It is not wrong to discuss it. Logically. Some people just want to complain about everything.
Logical
Jul 2012
#8
It was very much survival of the (physically) fittest coupled with extremely un-natural selection.
Schema Thing
Jul 2012
#9
IMO continuing institutionalized racism provides African-Americans with incentives
ProgressiveEconomist
Jul 2012
#14
Then logically african populations in the new world would be superior
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#25
Forget melanin content, look at body type. You will see that it has nothing to do with color or
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#26
At world-class levels we see people who have been selected to be especially good in their sports
Retrograde
Jul 2012
#67
IMO it's not genetic at all. It's not NATURE, it's 'NURTURE' by racism
ProgressiveEconomist
Jul 2012
#32
Due to my Nordic ancestry I have been genetically selected for raping and pillaging
XemaSab
Jul 2012
#39
Trading Places? This is your basis for relating race to performance?
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jul 2012
#44
to repeat what many are saying, it is not slavary per se, it is who in the Americas were enslaved
AngryAmish
Jul 2012
#46
He might a as well argure that it was their proximity to caucasians that makes them fast runners.
The Midway Rebel
Jul 2012
#53
Remember - Murray, Herrnstein and their ilk are not biologists or geneticists.
entanglement
Jul 2012
#59
How many generations of selective breeding does it take to change the genetics of a plant?
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#60
why do whites perform better than other racial groups (overall) - look at weightlifting shotput type
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2012
#61