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I thought this type of logic died a long *** time ago
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Yeah it definitely isDudes YouTube channel is ..........interesting lol
Vid was odd
For black americans, I always wondered it our athletic superiority was ties to the trans- Atlantic slave trade.
Weaker africans dying from the journey over, getting sick.
Then those who made it get selectively bred to create stronger slaves to work.
Now we got Lebron
i remember reading about how slave owners would breed slaves for certain specifications. much like breeding dogs or something. **** was sad
Vid was odd
For black americans, I always wondered it our athletic superiority was ties to the trans- Atlantic slave trade.
Weaker africans dying from the journey over, getting sick.
Then those who made it get selectively bred to create stronger slaves to work.
Now we got Lebron
i remember reading about how slave owners would breed slaves for certain specifications. much like breeding dogs or something. **** was sad
Nah b. Evolution doesn't work that fast. common misconception.
I've read a couple different books on the matter and here are some of the better explanations.
1. Define "Athletic Superiority"?
Black people aren't great at all sports, rather black people are good at specific kinds of sports. mostly shorter distance quit twitch sports, WHICH HAPPEN to be the the most popular sports in the world. Because the sports that black people excel at happen to be the most popular types of sports in the world, people assume black people would be great at everything. Not true.
Black people would generally not be suited for many sports like swimming, cycling, criss country sking.
a. The higher % of quick twitch muscle
-likely comes from adaptations against malaria, also related to why sickle cell is a disease that effects africans.
b. Shorter torsos, longer limbs,narrower hips pelvis.
Great for running fast, jumping reaching high, but NOT good for swinging, swimmers need to to have long torsos like the hull of a boat. a great example of this is michael phelps who is 6-5, but rocks 32 length jeans.
-the theory behind this lies in temperature management, less torso and more limbs allows for better dispersal of heat.
- white europeans especially northern one tend to have thicker torso's limbs to retains heat.
2. Define "Black people"
a. There many different types of Africans from different places with different body types.
When Americans or the west think of "black people" what they really mean is people from west Africa. Thats why when you get women form North,east Africa like Kenya or Ethiopia white people always call these people "exotic". When it's white people just aren't use to seeing there faces.
It goes even deeper a lot of people think it's just growing up in the altitutie that gives kenyans and Ethiopians there great distance running advantage. but that to also involves body type, they have skinnier limbs more so that western africans which makes for more efficient distance running. Look at Mo Farah dude is running on tooth picks.
Cliffs.
Black people of west African decent are better at specific types of sports but aren't "athletically superior" just athletic in a different way. It has nothing to do with slavery or breeding.
I have heard that the darker the skin the better your muscle twitch fibers are. It is definitely noticeable that a specific race dominates 2 of the major sports.
I have heard that the darker the skin the better your muscle twitch fibers are. It is definitely noticeable that a specific race dominates 2 of the major sports.