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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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?[/quote]

Scientists have found the reason why some athletes dominate on the running track and others in the swimming pool: It's in their belly buttons, a study published Monday shows.

What's important is not whether an athlete has an innie or an outie but where his or her navel is in relation to the rest of the body, says the study published in the International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics

The navel is the center of gravity of the body, and given two runners or swimmers of the same height, one black and one white, "what matters is not total height but the position of the belly button, or center of gravity," Duke University professor Andre Bejan, the lead author of the study, told AFP.

"It so happens that in the architecture of the human body of West African-origin runners, the center of gravity is significantly higher than in runners of European origin," which puts them at an advantage in sprints on the track, he said.

Individuals of West African-origin have longer legs than European-origin athletes, which means their belly buttons are three centimeters (1.18 inches) higher than whites', said Bejan.

That means the black athletes have a "hidden height" that is three percent greater than whites', which gives them a significant speed advantage on the track. ...

In the pool, meanwhile, whites have the advantage because they have longer torsos, making their belly buttons lower in the general scheme of body architecture.  ...

Asians have the same long torsos as Europeans, giving them the same potential to be record-breakers in the pool.

But they often lose out to whites because whites are taller, said Bejan.

Read the whole article here:  http://news.discovery.com/human/belly-buttons-sports-athletes.html[/quote]

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