[driftless2]

I remember when I was a kid 50-60 years ago and noticing most of the fastest players in football and the players in basketball who were the quickest and jumped the highest were black. But in those days anybody suggesting that blacks were athletically superior to whites in certain sports was accused of racism. We were assured by all the "experts" that the races were perfectly equal athletically, and success was just a matter of who tried the hardest.

Well now since half a century of virtually every American sprinter (male or female) being black, I think people are irritated and fed up with having been lied to. It's just a matter of fact that on average blacks are faster than whites. It's too ridiculous trying to debate the subject as mathematically it would be impossible to have the kind of dominance in athletics blacks have if the races were equal in athletic ability. And pointing out the odd fast white guy won't work as an argument. People have to face reality.

[cdcdawg]

Barry is basically saying that he would take Geno Smith over Johnny Manziel at QB. That’s the issue, not whether blacks can, on average, run in a straight line faster than whites.

[Resolute Conservative]

Easier to be more athletic when you are carried academically and allowed to workout 24/7. If grades really mattered it would be a more equitable ratio reflecting the real world, but that doesn’t sell tickets and merchandise.