Why do people assume that every black person is athletic?
Answer:
Having played football at the D-1 level, and having played at a position (running back) dominated by black players while I myself am white, my experience is that there is less of an assumption that every black person is athletic and more an assumption that given fairly equal athleticism, the black athlete is going to get the benefit of the doubt that he/she is more athletic than a counterpart of another race. This doesn't seem to hold true for all sports, or all positions in some sports, but I'll stick to football since that is what I know. For instance, I believe that a white player will still get the benefit of the doubt at QB.
Listen to sports broadcasters closely and you can get a quick lesson in how players of different skin color are viewed differently, even if there is no realistic difference that can be attributed to the player's skin color. A black QB's throwing accuracy is often quickly thrown into question when there is not enough reason for the broadcaster to do so. A white WR will beat a defensive back for a long gain (which usually requires exceptional speed) and you'll here the broadcaster say that the WR has very "deceptive" speed. A black pass rusher will run down a quarterback and the broadcaster will attribute the play to athleticism, "burst", or speed. A white pass rusher does the same thing and he's characterized as having a "great motor", meaning that he is always going full speed, getting the most out of his seemingly lesser athletic ability. These types of characterizations are maddening to me. They short change athletes from all sides by failing to credit a black athlete for his/her heart, effort, dedication while at the same time failing to credit a white athlete for his/her natural ability.
All in all, there are some obvious signs pointing to black athletes having a greater potential for speed (see the Olympic sprinting competitions), and I believe this is where the assumptions may come from. However, speed is only one aspect of athleticism and there are always exceptions to any rule. By generalizing or assuming, even if there are odds or statistics making the assumption seem valid in many instances, we are preventing athletes of all races from being judged purely and simply on their athletic ability.
i dont
I don't know...Why do you?
becuase the world is prejudice. and it will never change. so we might as well alll just get used to it.
cause of dem red necks i reckon!
I was not under the impression that all black people are presumed to be athletic. Why do you think that?
What does this have to do with immigration, and since you're the only person who seems to hold that opinion, why don't you tell us why you think that?
they have really good bodies for sports, but that still doesn't mean that EVERYONE thinks their better. Sometimes they're not.
Rocky,
I don't think that they do make that assumption. Just another stereotype, I guess.
The brothers are a lot more athletic then the crackers I know. Just generalizing though.
That is called a stereotype. Many blacks have lean bodies which give good muscle definition. The fact that they dominate many sporting events leads people to assume that ALL blacks are athletic.
33 x 28 NFL teams is a clue. More now that non-white QBs are allowed.
Its white america and there old brain washing ways.
why do people think that white people south of the U.S. are hicks, or related? That is a very ignorant question: whether a person is black or white, purple or orange. They are an individual; not a color.
well, not all people think that. but anyways, the people who do think this probably do because most of the people on sports teams like the NBA WBA NFL and so on, are african american. when you go to playgrounds and stuff, you can see a lot of african americans playing basketball and stuff. that's most likely why they think this. but every race has their athletic people.
I SURE DON'T.. I SEEN SOME LARGE OUT OF SHAPE BLACK PEOPLE SOME SO OVER WEIGHT THEY WADDLE WHEN THEY WALK. ALMOST LIKE A PENGUIN.. THERE BUTT CRACKS GO UP TO THE BACKS OF THERE NECKS..SO THAT'S NOT TRUE... BACK IN THE 1700S WHEN THEY USED BLACKS AS SLAVES THEY DID BREED THE BIGGEST BLACKS FOR A WORK HORSE.. SO THERE ARE SOME ATHLETIC PEOPLE.. FROM THERE BLOOD LINE
A huge majority of athletes are black. Many of them are also on a professional sports team. Michael Jordan, Donavan McNabb, Micheal Vick, Dwyane Wade, etc. Thousands of amazing athletes are black.
Football and basketball is ruled by a lot of black folks.
Hockey, baseball, soccer, and tennis are mostly played by white folks.
I'm guessing that people favors basketball and football.
Ever watch NFL or NBA games? Not a lot of whiteys around, are there?
i never heard that
@Candy
go and find yourself some friends
probably,because in the past most black people have gotten awards in olympics than white people.
WTF does this have to do with immigration??Do you just need attn??
Actually let me kick some facts to you to make you feel better.
Anthropometry (the science of measuring the human body) and body fat
distribution was ascertained in over 100 Anglo-, black-, and
Mexican-American men and women. Black-American men had significantly less
total fat than either Anglo- or Mexican-American men. Black men also had
less arm fat than both groups and less truncal fat than Mexican-Americans.
Black-American women tended to carry less body fat than Mexican-American
women; however, they did not significantly differ from Anglo-American
women.
There is ample data to show that blacks of all ages do possess less
absolute and relative body fat than whites. In addition, blacks possess
greater appendicular muscle mass than whites or Asians. This racial
difference certainly confers an advantage in which extreme leanness is a
prerequisite.
Translation for the red-necks.Whites have more body fat than blacks. NEXT:
The greater body density of blacks is likely due to a higher bone density.
In a study by Bell et al., they compared bone density in 59 normal white
men and 40 normal black men (ages 20-50). They found that the bone mineral
density was higher in blacks than in whites measured at the lumbar spine,
trochanter, and femoral neck. In a similar study which matched black and
white men in mean weight, height, and body mass index, black men again had
higher bone mineral densities at every site measured (5% for the radius,
10% for the lumbar spine, and 20% for the femoral neck).
Scientists believe that blacks have heavier bones at all stages of life,
including infancy. Skeletons of blacks exceed white skeletons and male
skeletons exceed female skeletons in mean weight and density.
That notion that bone density among American (and many African) blacks
exceeds that of white and Asians is beyond dispute. Blacks maintain such a
difference despite lower calcium intake than whites and a higher
prevalence of lactose intolerance which prevents them from consuming dairy
products.
Translation: Better Bones NEXT:
It is known that testosterone is anabolic with regard to skeletal muscle
and catabolic with regard to fat. Could this explain the increased
muscularity and decreased fat mass of blacks vs. whites and other races or
ethnicities? In the few studies that are available, blacks have a modest
but significantly higher level of plasma testosterone (3-19%). Could this
affect athletic performance? Higher levels of testosterone and growth
hormone would, in our speculation, lead to a higher fat-free mass
(especially skeletal muscle and bone) and a lower fat mass.
Translation: more MAN LOL NEXT:
Muscle is the key to athletics, period! There is nothing more obvious in
comparing the physiques of different athletes than the way their muscles
are shaped for a specific task or purpose. Keep in mind that sprint (and
endurance) athletes at the world-class level tend to exhibit extreme
differences in fiber-type percentages. Sprint athletes may have 75% or
more fast-twitch fibers while distance runners may have 75% or more of
slow-twitch fibers. For the most part, fiber type composition is a product
of heredity; however, training may alter it slightly, but not enough to
result in the high percentage of fast-twitch fibers needed in elite
sprinters.
Canadian scientists, Drs. J. Simoneau and C. Bouchard, have estimated that
40% of the phenotypic variance of fiber type is due to environmental
influences (i.e. exercise) while 45% is associated with genetic factors.
(The remaining 15% is due to sampling error). So in actuality, all
athletes are born with a given potential. Training will maximize that
potential. But if you're not born with the potential, you will never
become a world-class sprinter or distance runner.
Does the predominance of blacks in sprints suggest that blacks, as a
group, tend to be better endowed with fast-twitch muscle fibers? There is
one scientific report which measured skeletal muscle characteristics
in a black and white population. Ama, et al. examined 23 black male
African students from Cameroon, Senegal, Zaire, Ivory Coast, and Burundi
and 23 male Caucasian students from Laval University in Canada. These were
untrained sedentary individuals. They were matched for age, body weight,
and body mass index (weight measured in kilos divided by the square of
height in meters). Muscle biopsies from the vastus lateralis muscle of the
thigh revealed that the white subjects had 8% more Type I muscle fibers
and 7% less Type IIa fibers than black subjects. Enzymes involved in the
phosphagenic and glycolytic metabolic pathways were 30-40% higher in black
subjects. These metabolic pathways are the ones used during quick burst
activities (i.e. sprint).
There is a huge difference between male black and white athletes when it
comes to speed, i.e. sprint performance, particularly the 100 meter (100m)
dash. The top twenty fastest times in the men's 100m dash in 1994 were all
held by blacks (from different countries such as U.S., Canada, Nigeria,
and Great Britain). An examination of the Olympic 100m dash in the past
20-30 years shows an utter dominance by black athletes. Within the U.S.,
it is obvious that black Americans dominate the 100m dash at the high
school and college level. The ``speed" positions in professional American
football (i.e. tailback, wide receiver, cornerback) are almost exclusively
held by blacks. In fact, there was just a single white athlete starting at
any of those three positions in professional football in 1997.
Translation: Do you need anymore evidence LOL
Give me a best answer here,folks!!!Don't get all bent out of shape either just shoing biological differences and needs to be studied furhter,and some stats speaks for themselves w/ a 12% popoulation but represents 98% of some sports.hmm big deal give the brothers that and you guys can have everything else whats the big deal.
I don't know where you came up with this myth. But if it is from the company you keep, find new friends. It is statements like this that keeps stirring the racial issues more. People get too mad to acknowledge the problems and then can't find the remedies. Statements like this keep the extremists like Sharpton and Jackson, in business.
This is some of the most stupid bull%$#^ I have heard all day
immigration?
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