-
Recently Browsing 0 members
- No registered users viewing this page.
-
Latest Activity
-
- 2 replies
- 18690 views
-
- 7 replies
- 20867 views
-
- 59 replies
- 121156 views
-
New single & video - Tru Trilla "End the Day" ft Ruste Juxx & Julius Luciano of Shoe Gang
By urbanelite, in Music
- tru trilla
- ruste juxx
- (and 18 more)
- 0 replies
- 9216 views
-
- 0 replies
- 3201 views
-
Recommended Posts
Just saw this on the bbc website. discuss.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14679657
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest M12 Part 2
stupidness tbh.
And to counteract the whole theres no sprinters in africa. There are its just nobody has invested in the training and nutrition out there. Athletics isnt a national sport that people aspire to. Just look at Harry A-A hes proof that someone with African (Ghanaian) genetics can make it to the top, same with guys like obikwelu. Obikwelu got spotted by a football scout at 14 and told he should try athletics. Imagine how much better he may have been if he'd been sprinting from earlier.
I have no doubt that if some top coaches opened sprinting clubs in africa and got the kids early. they would find people more than capable of winning medals. But because of how athletics works its not in their interests to do that unless they transport them to the UK/America half way through so they can claim them as their own.
I also think the other caribbean islands could produce more sprinters but there setups arent as good as Jamaica's and they have far less people
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Captain Planet
^C/S
For some reason I knew the columnist was going to be Asian, their intellectuals always love to comment on race matters concerning black people.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Goddaz
Matthew Syed yeah, snm.
C/s what M12 said though.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Michel Kane
You lot should actually read his work, Matthew Syed's premise is that actually, black people's success in athletics has little to do with genetics & social conditioning.
Guys seeing his name is Syed & making assumptions on his stance.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Fighting Weight
+1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
imhim
us black man that be stay we that winning
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest Jetz
So in conclusion we should stop generalizing and stereotyping all black people and treat them as individuals. Tell me something new Brah.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Niall Ferguson
c/s most of the thread
syed is a g and is a former olympian i think
Link to comment
Share on other sites
CarltonLeach
There will never be a white 100m runner in my life time.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Roy Batty
Seeing as all of humankind descended from blacks, as a race they have the widest cross section of genome types. From Sprinters to Distance runners which are diametrically opposed physical disciplines which require completely different genetic make ups to excel in.
Whites, Asians and Orientals are all far narrower in their gene pool having descended from blacks anyway.
But tying it into some form of racial prejudice is a non-point. If a huge percentage of sprint champions, distance runners or even heavyweight boxing champions are black, then blacks are better at that discipline. The fact it is a certain genetic build from a certain region which is best suited to that discipline does not disprove the original point.
And I don't think anyone anywhere has ever said ALL blacks are good at sprinting.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Captain Planet
This makes me realise how much of the world is populated by West African descendants
Link to comment
Share on other sites