Why are black people better athletes than white people?
By mx_aman
@mx_aman (2101)
India
February 26, 2007 12:04pm CST
Generally I mean. Is there a scientific reason? Or do they just train harder?
5 responses
@sirensanssmile (3764)
• Netherlands
26 Feb 07
What? Where is your facts that you are saying mess like this? People are people and people are better at things when they work hard and it doesn't have to do with skin colour.
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@MrNiceGuy (4139)
• United States
27 Feb 07
Lets be honest though, most professional athletes these days are black, there has to be a reason.
Black people have longer muscles sometimes in their legs, so with the same amount of training a black person has a greater potential for speed than a caucasian. Other than that, they have shorter noses, which inhale air quicker, but beyond that I don't know.
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@Gwapako_28 (2140)
• Philippines
13 Mar 07
I guess its because they are patience and hard working. They are talented too. But usually, everyone of us have our own individuality and uniqueness and its up to us how to make it more great on the field we know its our strength.
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@myaccount (235)
• United States
5 Mar 07
You're question is messed up, black people are not always better athletes than white people generally. Race does not matter if you are talking about who's better. it is just where you're from, nothing else, nothing physical like they run faster or something silly like that. you answered you're own question, they train harder and are passionate probably. Sorry if i was racist in any way.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
13 Mar 07
Your first sentence made no sense. You combined the words always and generally, which are contradictory. If you've ever been involved in competitive sports in a multiracial atmosphere you would notice that african americans definitely have an advantage in some areas regardless of training and passion. In American football for example, certain positions are dominated by African Americans. Running back and wide recievers are usually black. Quarterbacks are usually white. Other positions like Offensive linemen and linebackers are a pretty even split.
Keep in mind that black people are a minority in this country and still are represented in equal or greater numbers than Caucasians in professional sports.
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@Cephoozee (373)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I think every race has their own special expertise, you don't see many black guys in the world's strongest man competition, you see mostly central europeans. just like track and field athletes are primarily whites, yet distance runners are normally white people. Asians do gymanstics and such better because they are smaller and generally more acrobatic than others.
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
13 Mar 07
Studies have been conducted that show african americans have more fast twitch muscle fibers, whereas caucasians have more slow twitch muscle fibers. This does not make black people better athletes all the time. Fast twitch muscle fibers allow a person to generate more immediate strength, slow twitch muscle fibers allow a person to maintain a consistent output of strength.
Basically it's like one guy can lift 500lbs for 2 seconds, another guy can only lift 450lbs, but can hold it for 60 seconds. As a result african americans often excel at athletic events that stress more immediate strength. That's why the fastest runners are often black. So are the highest jumpers in basketball.
NASA has also conducted studies that show black people have a more cohesive bone structure making them less prone to injury. NASA believes this will allow them to better withstand the effects of zero gravity in space.
Please understand that I am referring to studies that have shown certain consistencies. With the huge increase in interracial marriages these lines will get blurred over time.
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