Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports And Why We're Afraid To Talk About ItPublicAffairs, 10 янв. 2001 г. - Всего страниц: 400 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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... muscles better developed in blacks . THE MYSTERY AND MYTHS OF MUSCLES " Is the composition of muscle tissue of blacks different from that of whites ? " asks a reader in a letter to Muscle & Fitness magazine . " To me , the muscle ...
... muscles better developed in blacks . THE MYSTERY AND MYTHS OF MUSCLES " Is the composition of muscle tissue of blacks different from that of whites ? " asks a reader in a letter to Muscle & Fitness magazine . " To me , the muscle ...
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... muscle efficiency . David Costill , longtime head of the Human Performance Laboratory at Ball State in Muncie , Indiana , has shown that the adaptability of the muscle fiber for aerobic metabolism - its oxida- tive potential - is more ...
... muscle efficiency . David Costill , longtime head of the Human Performance Laboratory at Ball State in Muncie , Indiana , has shown that the adaptability of the muscle fiber for aerobic metabolism - its oxida- tive potential - is more ...
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... Muscle - fiber distribution was similar for the Kenyans and Swedes . But biopsies of the quadricep muscles in the thighs indicated that the Kenyans had more blood - carrying capillaries surrounding the muscle fibers and more ...
... Muscle - fiber distribution was similar for the Kenyans and Swedes . But biopsies of the quadricep muscles in the thighs indicated that the Kenyans had more blood - carrying capillaries surrounding the muscle fibers and more ...
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PART I | 5 |
The Education of Sir Roger | 11 |
By the Numbers | 17 |
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