Sports White people like

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Recently, I spoke to a White gentleman who said that in high school, he was a very good runner, very fast. He pointed out that he was the only "White kid" on the track team. He also mentioned that part of the reason few Whites end up on the track team is that there are "too many Blacks".
It got me thinking about whether people avoid certain sports because it would require mingling with other groups.

Perhaps the same can be said about Blacks and sports like swimming?

So racist. Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am white, I swim, and I spend about an hour showering and doing my hair and makeup. What is different for a black person?

"Doing your hair" probably is nothing more than brushing while blow-drying. Depending on the hairstyle worn, doing my hair (I'm black) would require curling and styling it. Not to mention that washing my (relaxed) hair every day damages it. My hair craves moisture and dirt...daily washings would make it brittle and lifeless.

[Anonymous]

So, you can't swim?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS runs track but focuses on middle and long distances because the black kids are too good at and dominate the short distances. It's not about avoiding it, it's about finding what you can be good at. Look at the Olympic track athletes.

I think this is more it than anything. Black people are so naturally good at certain sports, that it can be initimidating - and maybe the white kid knows (or thinks) they don't have a chance. Less about not wanting to integrate.

Naturally good? Is this a genetics argument? It's in their genes, the way they like fried chicken and watermelon?

Could we see some scientific evidence of this natural goodness?

Please - give me a break.

My kids play basketball but will not past 8th grade because they are not tall. My kids will never be linemen for any football team either. Yes it is genetic. I can look at my kids growth chart and family history to know that. So yes, genetically, if I want my kids to be healthy and stay with a sport for longer than 8th grade basketball and football are fun for awhile but I also need to find a sport they can do long term.

I have a BIL that was a fast runner and guess what - one of my kids is super fast. Genetics.

I think there's no question that some people (e.g. people over six feet) have genetic advantages over other people (e.g. people under five feet) in basketball. But you, or the top PP, implied that there's a racial connection there. That is, that black people, by virtue of being black, have an advantage over white people in basketball. Simply not true.

Signed,

The parent of a short black child

[Anonymous]

It follows that blacks have a greater fat free body mass (i.e., bone, muscle and viscera) than whites. The smaller ribcage and narrower pelvis would indicate less viscera weight and indeed,

blacks have been found to have substantially more total body musculature and denser, heavier bones than whites.

I wondered about that, because a white girl the same height as me and same clothing size as me, will weight so much less than me! Like for my weight, when I tell people they dont believe it because we wear the same size but my body carries weight alot differently? i dont know.

[Anonymous]

You can really tell with the children. Some little white children, when you pick them up feel like air, light as a feather, and fragile. ...where my daughter is solid as a rock and dense.

[Anonymous]

I think op is onto something. Nobody just talks about it.

[Anonymous]

When I went to camp everyone has a swimming cap. Noone's hair got very wet. This was for hygenic reasons too. Does this not happen anymore?