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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... population-based genetic differences will continue to surface. Taboo is an excellent survey of a controversial subject.” —Human Biology Association President Michael Crawford, University of Kansas professor of Biological Anthropology ...
... population-based genetic differences will continue to surface. Taboo is an excellent survey of a controversial subject.” —Human Biology Association President Michael Crawford, University of Kansas professor of Biological Anthropology ...
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... population group in the world—its scope is far broader than athletics and race. My intention was to answer questions and debunk myths about human biodiversity in the context of the unfolding genetic revolution. As Scientific American ...
... population group in the world—its scope is far broader than athletics and race. My intention was to answer questions and debunk myths about human biodiversity in the context of the unfolding genetic revolution. As Scientific American ...
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... populations, a crucial distinction), and that there is no negative connection between that physical superiority and ... population specific diseases. As Taboo documents, there are innumerable anatomical traits, from basic body shape to ...
... populations, a crucial distinction), and that there is no negative connection between that physical superiority and ... population specific diseases. As Taboo documents, there are innumerable anatomical traits, from basic body shape to ...
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... 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 Razor, also called the rule of ...
... 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 Razor, also called the rule of ...
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... population group. Why? Scientists can only speculate about the genetic basis for this phenotype, but the facts, documented on the field and confirmed in the laboratory, are certainly intriguing. A few critics remain defiantly resistant ...
... population group. Why? Scientists can only speculate about the genetic basis for this phenotype, but the facts, documented on the field and confirmed in the laboratory, are certainly intriguing. A few critics remain defiantly resistant ...
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