Why are black people naturally athletic?
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Another myth.  But I don't think the question is racist, it is probably just a misconception.\n\nI've had plenty of black friends that I could outrun with ease, and I play basketball better than any of them.\nIt is more a matter of social groups than of race.\nIn the U.S. if you want to play basketball on the streets at a high level, you play with blacks, in a black neighborhood.   I would go to the projects (public housing)to play.  No one would give these guys a job, so they played all day!  Today, most white kids play video games all day and are miserable wimps, both physically and mentally.\nAnd these guys playing basketball in the projects were excellent people.  Does this mean blacks are nicer than whites?  :-)\n\nNot too many decades ago most basketball players and baseball players were Italian.  Did people going around asking why Italians are all naturally athletic?  No, then they were the poor and played sports all day, to be good at sports you need natural ability, but without having more time and motivation to play (it can get you out of the ghetto..and did for Irishmen and Italians, too) few people develop that talent to the fullest because they are doing other things.\n\nWhy is he so good?  Take any two people and one is probably better at something they both do!
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Actually, africo(and afr/american) people have a faster twitch response in their muscles. This is a known sports scientific fact.\n  There are bucket loads more black sprinters than white fellas.
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This was actually discussed on Real Time with Bill Maher a few weeks ago.  Tavis Smiley (an african american himself) said that there are so many african americans trying to break into rap (and basketball) because to many of them, those are the only opportunities they feel they have to have a better life. They see the "bling", the fancy cars, hear about lucrative contracts and see women throwing themselves at these guys and they want that. \n\nThe problem is, the ones who have no chance of making in those fields are wasting their time trying when they could be working toward another positive, achievable goal.  Sure it's great to take a shot, but at some point you have to say to yourself "it's time to be realistic about this".\n\nIn a lot of African American communities, the kinds of role models available are only musicians and sports stars you see on TV...there's almost no encouragement or educational outreach to become doctors, lawyers, engineers and they don't see other african americans in these positions very often.  Let's face it, even on the night time TV shows, most of the African Americans you see on mainstream TV are orderlies in hospitals, secretaries, and public school teachers.\n\nI can tell you for a fact that the scientific community is constantly looking for african american scientists and the number of them is so small that they've begun trying to reach into the public schools to let black kids know there are other choices out there.
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People who say there is no difference are naive or being way too politically correct. There is a difference, but it usually has more to do with environment than race. \n\nPeople think of being "black" as being poor; uneducated or educated but still speaking incorrectly/improper English and pronunciation; liking rap and R&B music; walking a certain way; doing your hands a certain way, especially when music comes on; loving to dance and sing--for black men in particular it's having tattoos everywhere, weird hairdos like braids and cornrows or wearing their pants down below their butts; for black women in particular it's having an attitude, being loud, having weird hairdos like the ones mentioned above and tacky hair pieces, having tons of kids at an early age without being married, having big butts. Almost none of these things are, in actuality, exclusive to black people, though...but if someone says you "act black" they probably mean some of these things. \n\nAs a black person, I know a lot of us stereotype people being white, in all honesty, as talking proper or enunciating everything clearly; using the word "fuck" and variations of it excessively as well as words like "dude," "awesome," "totally" and "like" too much; worrying about weight and looks too much; liking pop, rock or country music; dressing preppy, skater, goth or with clothes that fit perfectly; naive about the way the world really is; do all kinds of crazy things. Many think of white men as arrogant, conceited, thinking they know everything and feeling like they're entitled to everything in the world, and think of white women as less sexually inhibited as other races and going overboard on the importance of "sexuality" and being "sexy." Again, there are many black people who fit some of these, as well.
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its genetics.  no one can argue that.  most of our sports depend on quickness and speed, and the african race was blessed to have greater fast twitch muscles and endurance muscles due to the climate that they evolved in.  i learned a bunch of this stuff in an anthropology class.
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It's a stereotype and like any one it's often not true. But because it is a permeating stereotype, some black people think they have to play basketball because they think they will do well at it, which causes other races to skive away from playing it, which makes it look like all black people know how to play basketball
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I heard that it was their bone mass, not the bone marrow.  That black people have heavier bones than other people. A swimming teacher told me this about 15 yrs ago. I always thought it was a strange concept - don't we all have the same kind of bones?
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Many black girls have been blessed with a curvacious figure and the ability to use it (dancing). There is nothing wrong with that, its a blessing not a curse.
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In general the Black people are faster so they play postions like Running Back and Wide Reciever, postions where speed is of great importance. So the Whites focus on the postions where they can get away with not being as fast. That is why they play things like the Offensive Line and Quarterback. They don't need to be as fast.
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It's a matter of interest. I don't know if you know many black people, but if you did you would probaly find that many black woment spend a lot of time making sure their hair looks nice which can cost up into the hundreds. Swimming is for the most part a social activity at first. Meaning people don't usually swim alone especially when learnining. So, if the black women aren't in the water, you probaly won't see a whole lot black men in the water. This is not by any means the only reason... only one of the reasons you don't see black people in the water and the one I'm most familiar with.\n\nIt's a matter of health and beauty. Generally speaking too much water especially clorinated is not good for black hair. It tends to dry it out and cause breakage. It also tends to dry out the skin which means we have lotion up more.\n\nThere are tons of other reasons too. It's a matter of time and money.There a black single mothers who have to work who don't have the time or the money teach or pay for the swim lessons. Children can't go near water by themselves especially if they can't swim so....\n\nIt's a matter of cultural and exposure. Many blacks who are willing to take extra care of hair and skin, who have the money and time, generally aren't exposed to how much fun swimming is until later in life because of the above reasons.\n\nFinally, many black children grow up with more singing, dancing, football, cheerleading, church groups and other activities that aren't so good i.e. drugs etc instead of being exposed to tennis, swimming, golf (until recently), and other expensive lessons.\n\nIt has little or nothing to do with genetics.\n\nI hope this helps.
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Yes, if you're born in Africa you're African American. That's why some people prefer to be called black because African American classifies anyone born in Africa.
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Yes they are the best in drama cause there is like only 1 black actor to 5 white ones. And what the heck do you mean without equal oppurtunities? Black people have the same or even more oppurtunities to be in sports cause all the white people are doing something useful like becoming doctors, engineers, teachers, lawyers, judges. etc...
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1. Like other people have said, it's to commend each others performance and boost confidence\n\n2. To qbqbqb: It's not a black thing, there are white basketball players too. Don't be racist.
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Black people generally are physically dominant to all other races and therefore have strong voices.\nThey are, on the other hand, usually not as intellectually equip as some others.\nIt is obvious why if you can just take an honest look at it. Where do blacks originate from and where do whites originate from. Flared nostrils are for greater air intake. greater muscle mass for running and fighting. Heightened sense of awareness to detect danger. They needed these things to survive in an African environment. A high IQ does little to help one out run a lion.\nWhites and some Asian people on the other hand had to be able to plan well ahead in order to survive a harsh winter. They needed to finds the means and invent many things to help them survive. Though blacks and some other warmer climate peoples needed to use their intelligence to survive as well and whites and certain Asian peoples needed some physical abilities to make it too, each of the peoples were giving and or developed what they needed most to survive in the premodern world.\nIn each case there are exceptions, however generally these are where the gifts and talents of most of the people in the particular races fall.
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It's to make Blacks feel better about themselves.
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As a black woman I have to honestly say that it mainly has to do with attitude.  Black women are notoriously famous for having "bitchy" attitudes.  We are quick to dis a brother when he approaches, snap when he gets upset because we rubbed him off.  We walk around like we are shit instead of being humble and grateful.  We are also pegged as gold diggers.  We crave more.  We will pass up a good man with a standard income to find the bling-bling daddy.  Black men have become fed up with this attitude and seek women who are more appreciative and considerate.
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The same reason when people see im black they assume i'm good at basketball, steal, carry a weapon, have rythem, and eat fried chicken and watermelon. \nThe whole worlds a stage and we all have our parts to plasy, token white boy, violent black boy, smart asian, illegal hispanic, terroist middle eastern, and drunk russians. Its all crap, its all racist, and it will always exist.