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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... record, Taboo asserts not superiority but anatomical differences between populations, a crucial distinction), and ... world. The explosive issue is not the science of human differences but Preface.
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... record, from the 100 meters to the marathon? Running is truly the most international of sports. Athletes face with ... world's athletic hotspots. Little boys dream that one day, they might soak up the cheers of the adoring fans that ...
... record, from the 100 meters to the marathon? Running is truly the most international of sports. Athletes face with ... world's athletic hotspots. Little boys dream that one day, they might soak up the cheers of the adoring fans that ...
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... worldrecord holders. The big challenge left for me is to put these silly notions to rest. To rub their noses in it. I want to find the white Carl Lewis. That's my mission.” How could it be, Johnson is asked, that elite white sprinters ...
... worldrecord holders. The big challenge left for me is to put these silly notions to rest. To rub their noses in it. I want to find the white Carl Lewis. That's my mission.” How could it be, Johnson is asked, that elite white sprinters ...
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... world's population, are virtually invisible in the most democratic of world sports, running, soccer, and basketball ... record in a road race—any race, at any distance from 100-meters to the marathon. It may happen. In some future decade ...
... world's population, are virtually invisible in the most democratic of world sports, running, soccer, and basketball ... record in a road race—any race, at any distance from 100-meters to the marathon. It may happen. In some future decade ...
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... World Series teams, earning the moniker "Mr. October" before retiring into the Hall of Fame. Flabbergasted at what ... record; Bell deteriorated into a part-timer with “wooden legs.” In an attempt to correct for possible bias, James ...
... World Series teams, earning the moniker "Mr. October" before retiring into the Hall of Fame. Flabbergasted at what ... record; Bell deteriorated into a part-timer with “wooden legs.” In an attempt to correct for possible bias, James ...
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