Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports And Why We're Afraid To Talk About ItPublicAffairs, 5 авг. 2008 г. - Всего страниц: 352 In virtually every sport in which they are given opportunity to compete, people of African descent dominate. East Africans own every distance running record. Professional sports in the Americas are dominated by men and women of West African descent. Why have blacks come to dominate sports? Are they somehow physically better? And why are we so uncomfortable when we discuss this? Drawing on the latest scientific research, journalist Jon Entine makes an irrefutable case for black athletic superiority. We learn how scientists have used numerous, bogus "scientific" methods to prove that blacks were either more or less superior physically, and how racist scientists have often equated physical prowess with intellectual deficiency. Entine recalls the long, hard road to integration, both on the field and in society. And he shows why it isn't just being black that matters—it makes a huge difference as to where in Africa your ancestors are from.Equal parts sports, science and examination of why this topic is so sensitive, Taboois a book that will spark national debate. |
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... Biology Association President Michael Crawford, University of Kansas professor of Biological Anthropology and Genetics, and former editor of Human Biology “Carefully researched and intellectually honest.” —Jay T. Kearney, Former Senior.
... Biology Association President Michael Crawford, University of Kansas professor of Biological Anthropology and Genetics, and former editor of Human Biology “Carefully researched and intellectually honest.” —Jay T. Kearney, Former Senior.
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... biological anthropologists.” —American Journal of Physical Anthropology “You might expect that claiming to show a genetic basis for the dominance of certain sports by people of African descent would raise a firestorm. But in fact ...
... biological anthropologists.” —American Journal of Physical Anthropology “You might expect that claiming to show a genetic basis for the dominance of certain sports by people of African descent would raise a firestorm. But in fact ...
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... biological differences among the races.” For the most part, the science community has welcomed an honest discussion of issues frequently addressed only in the most circumspect or politicized ways. "Entine has put together a well ...
... biological differences among the races.” For the most part, the science community has welcomed an honest discussion of issues frequently addressed only in the most circumspect or politicized ways. "Entine has put together a well ...
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... biological anthropologist, president of the Human Biology Association, and former editor of the journal Human Biology. “While the sections concerning Entine's hypothesis will surely attract the greatest attention, they actually form a ...
... biological anthropologist, president of the Human Biology Association, and former editor of the journal Human Biology. “While the sections concerning Entine's hypothesis will surely attract the greatest attention, they actually form a ...
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... biological differences between populations. Are these differences enough to account for the growing phenomenon in which different population groups tend to excel in specific sports? To answer this conundrum, scientists employ Ockham's ...
... biological differences between populations. Are these differences enough to account for the growing phenomenon in which different population groups tend to excel in specific sports? To answer this conundrum, scientists employ Ockham's ...
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