Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: muawiyah

Very slight small men mainly from East Africa have dominated long distance running, and I believe they have a physical advantage.

More muscular blacks have dominated sprints, again I believe in part due to physical advantage. (Increasingly also evident in basketball, football, soccer (futbol) and to some extent even baseball.)

Fortunately sports are free of “affirmative action” and therefore we can readily make these observations.

Similar to physical capabilities, I believe the same racial differences are very likely in mental capabilites, in spite of liberal-feel-good objections.

Thomas Sowell even objects, and I sympathize with his desire that it not be so, but he alone doesn’t convince me.


48 posted on 03/20/2012 5:17:37 PM PDT by truth_seeker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies ]


To: truth_seeker
The little guys who dominate long distance running ALL come from highland areas that abut Kilamanjaro Volcano ~ during the last Ice Age that mountain was covered with glaciers. Those highlands were well watered with melting ice, and had a temperate climate.

People lived there.

They had to develop the characteristics needed to survive in an alpine climate. Those are the little guys.

If you follow cross country skiing, that's dominated by Sa'ami, all well adapted to subarctic climate conditions! They have a high incidence of dwarfism albeit not that you'd notice, and there are people who will beat you up for saying anything about it!

49 posted on 03/20/2012 5:29:25 PM PDT by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson