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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... , it devotes an entire section to the history of women in sports. Female athleticism has its own set of celebratory images: Chamique Holdsclaw twisting through the paint on the way to the basket; Breaking the Taboo on Race and Sports.
... , it devotes an entire section to the history of women in sports. Female athleticism has its own set of celebratory images: Chamique Holdsclaw twisting through the paint on the way to the basket; Breaking the Taboo on Race and Sports.
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... women's sports in particular, still struggles with the legacy of the East European sports machines. But Taboo is as much about the history of humankind as it is about hoop dreams and Olympic glory. While not embracing the deterministic ...
... women's sports in particular, still struggles with the legacy of the East European sports machines. But Taboo is as much about the history of humankind as it is about hoop dreams and Olympic glory. While not embracing the deterministic ...
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... Women's pro basketball is 75 percent African American. The National Football League (NFL) is 70 percent black. In college, 65 percent of men's basketball players and 50 percent of football players are African Americans." Becoming a ...
... Women's pro basketball is 75 percent African American. The National Football League (NFL) is 70 percent black. In college, 65 percent of men's basketball players and 50 percent of football players are African Americans." Becoming a ...
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... women have cracked Kenyan hegemony over the world junior circuit. And the staggering reality is that while Kenyans continue to improve in the middle distances, runners from the rest of the world have stagnated. T H E M A R AT H O N ...
... women have cracked Kenyan hegemony over the world junior circuit. And the staggering reality is that while Kenyans continue to improve in the middle distances, runners from the rest of the world have stagnated. T H E M A R AT H O N ...
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