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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... basketball champions courtesy of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo of Joe Louis courtesy of the New York Daily News. Photo of Stella Walsh courtesy of the Track and Field Library/Butler University. Photo of Wilma Rudolph ...
... basketball champions courtesy of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo of Joe Louis courtesy of the New York Daily News. Photo of Stella Walsh courtesy of the Track and Field Library/Butler University. Photo of Wilma Rudolph ...
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... basketball player in the world? Or, is Jordan the best because he has an insatiable work ethic? Jon's book forces us to rethink such questions. Hopefully, it will contribute to finally putting to rest the torturous stereotype of the ...
... basketball player in the world? Or, is Jordan the best because he has an insatiable work ethic? Jon's book forces us to rethink such questions. Hopefully, it will contribute to finally putting to rest the torturous stereotype of the ...
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... basketball arena on a wintry night. It sees a curious sight: most of the faces of the extended tree trunks scampering around the court are black; the crowd, on the other hand, is almost all white. This alien would see much the same ...
... basketball arena on a wintry night. It sees a curious sight: most of the faces of the extended tree trunks scampering around the court are black; the crowd, on the other hand, is almost all white. This alien would see much the same ...
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... basketball court, and the football field—while whites control the boardrooms? To the degree that it is a purely scientific debate, the evidence of black superiority in many sports is persuasive and decisively confirmed on the playing ...
... basketball court, and the football field—while whites control the boardrooms? To the degree that it is a purely scientific debate, the evidence of black superiority in many sports is persuasive and decisively confirmed on the playing ...
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... basketball stars of the thirties and forties—to the later-day acrobatics of Connie Hawkins, Julius Erving, and Allen Iverson. The model for the world's greatest athlete is no longer Babe Ruth waddling around the bases nor gimpy-kneed ...
... basketball stars of the thirties and forties—to the later-day acrobatics of Connie Hawkins, Julius Erving, and Allen Iverson. The model for the world's greatest athlete is no longer Babe Ruth waddling around the bases nor gimpy-kneed ...
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Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports And Why We're Afraid To Talk About It Jon Entine Ограниченный просмотр - 2008 |
Taboo: Why Black Athletes Are Better And Why We're Afraid To Talk About It Jon Entine Просмотр фрагмента - 2000 |
Taboo: Why Black Athletes Are Better And Why We're Afraid To Talk About It Jon Entine Просмотр фрагмента - 2000 |
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