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**VotsUtegems** · 07-12-2012, 12:10 AM

What u Guys think?

Does he have a point?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...nt-finals.html

I agree black people dominate sprinting events.

But would Micheal Johnson's theory made sense in 1930 ?

NO

The original story was that blacks were inferior by body AND brains. In the 1936 Olympics Hitler was confident that his Aryan athletes would dominate the Black American sprinters. Thanks to Jessie Owens that did not happen.

So white people pretended that they had never believed that white people were physically superior to black people and that their ideas had not been embarrassingly refuted. They just figured that brains were more important so if black people were to be sold to the world as inferior, it would have to be based on us being genetically stupid.

When it comes to athletic ability you either have it or you donâ€™t. You either can run the 100 meters under 10 seconds or you can't. Such areas of life are among the most meritocratic.

But in the workforce, this is far from the case. Old boyâ€™s networks still skew opportunity to those with the best connections.

Will this person fit in with the company ?
Do they have enough experience ?
Will they be able to relate to the customer base ?

All of these evaluations are judgment calls, and, according to the evidence, the kind of judgment calls that are often susceptible to internalized biases.

Whether or not a person can run the 100 meters in 9.7 seconds is not nearly as subjective.

Secondly as for the denser bones theory so black people can't swim

You starting building swimming schools in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, implementing top coaches, making swimming a way of life, the way it is in USA, Australia and Europe and soon we would dominate that too. But the reality is "If it don't pay, we don't play"

So black people don't really bother with minority sports like Swimming. We focus on the sports which pay.

07-12-2012, 12:10 AM	#17
VotsUtegems Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 544 Senior Member	What u Guys think? Does he have a point? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...nt-finals.html I agree black people dominate sprinting events. But would Micheal Johnson's theory made sense in 1930 ? NO The original story was that blacks were inferior by body AND brains. In the 1936 Olympics Hitler was confident that his Aryan athletes would dominate the Black American sprinters. Thanks to Jessie Owens that did not happen. So white people pretended that they had never believed that white people were physically superior to black people and that their ideas had not been embarrassingly refuted. They just figured that brains were more important so if black people were to be sold to the world as inferior, it would have to be based on us being genetically stupid. When it comes to athletic ability you either have it or you donâ€™t. You either can run the 100 meters under 10 seconds or you can't. Such areas of life are among the most meritocratic. But in the workforce, this is far from the case. Old boyâ€™s networks still skew opportunity to those with the best connections. Will this person fit in with the company ? Do they have enough experience ? Will they be able to relate to the customer base ? All of these evaluations are judgment calls, and, according to the evidence, the kind of judgment calls that are often susceptible to internalized biases. Whether or not a person can run the 100 meters in 9.7 seconds is not nearly as subjective. Secondly as for the denser bones theory so black people can't swim You starting building swimming schools in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, implementing top coaches, making swimming a way of life, the way it is in USA, Australia and Europe and soon we would dominate that too. But the reality is "If it don't pay, we don't play" So black people don't really bother with minority sports like Swimming. We focus on the sports which pay.
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