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So y'all are telling me it's not because we have a couple extra muscles in our legs?
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Centered in New York, Jews were crucial to the development of college and professional basketball during the first half of the 20th century.
Wasn't there a time not to far ago when whites were considered superior in all aspects including athletically. Then Jesse Owen came in this ***** and blew the top off that theory. If I remember correctly they had dude tested and all that and concluded the reason for his success and other blacks is cause they're closer to primates than their white counterparts [emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji]. I think it's all BS rooted in racism and prejudice.
Muscle fibers twitch faster in Africans...
I remember being 190 pds in the Marines Corps and was a 2nd fastest dude in my platoon of 50 marines..short distance id smoke anybody but as soon as distance came into play them white boys was just getting warmed up... lol
Bill Burr is the absolute greatest. I don't think I've ever not laughed while watching him.
.So congoids are known for quick, short bursts of energy, whereas caucasoids are known for their endurance?
-Drew
i recall hearing that in the early 20th century jews were some of the best basketball players in the US. The reason for this in America appears to be the same as for blacks: growing up in a difficult environment where one of the few opportunities to "get out" is sports.
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/basketball-and-the-jews/
Contrary to popular perception, poverty and broken homes are underrepresented in the NBA, not overrepresented. For example, while 45 percent of black male children in the U.S. live in households earning no more than 150 percent of the poverty line ($22,050 for a family of four in 2010), just 34 percent of black athletes in the NBA grew up in that financial situation,
Nice breakdown and point of view.
Do you happen to still remember where you've read this? I'm interested in reading up on it.
-Drew
It wasn't always like this however at least not until major corporations got involved. I remember seeing a stat (prolly from the same article) that in the 60-70s close to 90% of the NBA was from Urban areas.i recall hearing that in the early 20th century jews were some of the best basketball players in the US. The reason for this in America appears to be the same as for blacks: growing up in a difficult environment where one of the few opportunities to "get out" is sports.
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/basketball-and-the-jews/
another common misconception. It's better to be middle class an abover to be a basketball player. money helps up to a certain point but the otivation that comes from being poor is a non factor.Contrary to popular perception, poverty and broken homes are underrepresented in the NBA, not overrepresented. For example, while 45 percent of black male children in the U.S. live in households earning no more than 150 percent of the poverty line ($22,050 for a family of four in 2010), just 34 percent of black athletes in the NBA grew up in that financial situation,
Hockey and Baseball are boring, we would dominate that but it sucks.
I wouldnt say its all a social construct. You essentially make do with what you have. And for alot of black/urban kids alot easier to find a basketball and a basketball court that it is to find a place that not only provides them with the proper tools to gain knowledge but also an environment to cultivate intellectual growth.
Its a cultural not necessarily biological. Minorities are pushed by social construct to play sports and entertain rather than focus on books and gain self-consciousness. Not one race or ethnicity is superior physically in any aspect. pseudo-science bs.
I wouldnt say its all a social construct. You essentially make do with what you have. And for alot of black/urban kids alot easier to find a basketball and a basketball court that it is to find a place that not only provides them with the proper tools to gain knowledge but also an environment to cultivate intellectual growth.
Its a cultural not necessarily biological. Minorities are pushed by social construct to play sports and entertain rather than focus on books and gain self-consciousness. Not one race or ethnicity is superior physically in any aspect. pseudo-science bs.
It wasn't always like this however at least not until major corporations got involved. I remember seeing a stat (prolly from the same article) that in the 60-70s close to 90% of the NBA was from Urban areas.
Also, you can't really make sweeping generalizations from a quote without looking at how the research was done. For instance, yes the federal poverty line makes it easy for research purposes but in actuality it is way off and severely outdated. You can be above the fed. poverty line by a good amount and still be in poverty. So because only 34% of black NBA players came from "govt classified poverty" doesn't mean that A LOT more of them didn't come from actual poverty.
Nowadays, I do agree that you need more money to play AAU, travel, etc. but I think SES still plays a heavy part because of a lower barrier to entry and lack of other areas of entertainment.
If by mongoloid you mean "asian"I think thats why SOME find success in those fields. As an engineer ive worked in a lot of technical fields, but specifically the production of medical devices which is a cross section for many disciplines. Ive worked with 3 asian people in my 7 years as an engineer. In fact id say that most of the asian people that I have met through schooling and through my career that were in those fields were also wealthy. Id say that has more to do with it than anything.Would this be the same logic to explain as to why we see mostly mongoloids prospering in lab, hospital, research, and tech settings?
-Drew
The Japanese are good and they're fairly new to baseball. I think it's a Cutural thing, basketball is just a big thing in urban youth and it's perceived as the more exciting sport. I actually saw a documentary about runners in Ethiopia and all the runners said they had to walk hella far to get to school so they all think running comes easy to them because of that, and it's an opportunity to get out of poverty if they honed their abilities, thus giving them more drive than there other counterparts.Dominicans and Cubans in baseball > everybody
If by mongoloid you mean "asian"I think thats why SOME find success in those fields. As an engineer ive worked in a lot of technical fields, but specifically the production of medical devices which is a cross section for many disciplines. Ive worked with 3 asian people in my 7 years as an engineer. In fact id say that most of the asian people that I have met through schooling and through my career that were in those fields were also wealthy. Id say that has more to do with it than anything.Would this be the same logic to explain as to why we see mostly mongoloids prospering in lab, hospital, research, and tech settings?
-Drew
No thats not the case at all. Working hard definitely has a lot to do with it. But when youre wealthy and have all the resources at your finger tips, as well as the environment that wealth can provide to make your hard work more "effective" it absolutely makes a difference. I personally didn't know of any "started from the bottom" asians or have come across any in school or line of work. Not to say they dont exist.So you wouldn't attribute the success that mongoloids have seen in said fields would be due to hard work, determination, and focus? Or even child rearing of the student?
Instead what you see is the wealth of a mongoloid student's family as the reason behind their success?
-Drew
The Japanese are good and they're fairly new to baseball. I think it's a Cutural thing, basketball is just a big thing in urban youth and it's perceived as the more exciting sport. I actually saw a documentary about runners in Ethiopia and all the runners said they had to walk hella far to get to school so they all think running comes easy to them because of that, and it's an opportunity to get out of poverty if they honed their abilities, thus giving them more drive than there other counterparts.Dominicans and Cubans in baseball > everybody
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From my observation I say yes....
Then why are Kenyans very good at long distance races?
So you wouldn't attribute the success that mongoloids have seen in said fields would be due to hard work, determination, and focus? Or even child rearing of the student?
Instead what you see is the wealth of a mongoloid student's family as the reason behind their success?
-Drew
No thats not the case at all. Working hard definitely has a lot to do with it. But when youre wealthy and have all the resources at your finger tips, as well as the environment that wealth can provide to make your hard work more "effective" it absolutely makes a difference. I personally didn't know of any "started from the bottom" asians or have come across any in school or line of work. Not to say they dont exist.