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[quote=Anonymous][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]

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.[/quote]

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[/quote]

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