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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... regularly crowd the stands at the National Stadium in Nairobi to celebrate the country's national sport. The best players are national icons. The selection process to spot stars begins very young. Coaches backed by Preface xi.
... regularly crowd the stands at the National Stadium in Nairobi to celebrate the country's national sport. The best players are national icons. The selection process to spot stars begins very young. Coaches backed by Preface xi.
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... Coaches backed by federal Outlays comb the countryside. The most promising of the lot are sent to special schools and provided extra coaching. It's not an exaggeration to call Kenya's national sport a kind of national religion, the ...
... Coaches backed by federal Outlays comb the countryside. The most promising of the lot are sent to special schools and provided extra coaching. It's not an exaggeration to call Kenya's national sport a kind of national religion, the ...
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... coaches, and even “soccer moms" may wonder why Jon Entine, a journalist, has jumped into these stormy waters? Collectively we may also ask: “Why this particular topic at this point in time?" Is there some way to take on such tough ...
... coaches, and even “soccer moms" may wonder why Jon Entine, a journalist, has jumped into these stormy waters? Collectively we may also ask: “Why this particular topic at this point in time?" Is there some way to take on such tough ...
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... coach at Harvard, in Sports Illustrated. She said she was driven to tears by the unpleasant memories the show stirred of her days as a young athlete. Smith had starred in a sport in which blacks have been notably unsuccessful and the ...
... coach at Harvard, in Sports Illustrated. She said she was driven to tears by the unpleasant memories the show stirred of her days as a young athlete. Smith had starred in a sport in which blacks have been notably unsuccessful and the ...
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... coach. On this day, the former Olympic and Stanford coach takes his athletes—almost all of them are white—through a demanding drill mixing fast bursts with relaxed jogging. Coach Johnson shouts encouragement as one runner after another ...
... coach. On this day, the former Olympic and Stanford coach takes his athletes—almost all of them are white—through a demanding drill mixing fast bursts with relaxed jogging. Coach Johnson shouts encouragement as one runner after another ...
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