Re:Why English speakers dominate sprinting events
by cap4life on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @07:33PM
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On a related thought: Why are there no black Olympic swimmers?
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Re:Why English speakers dominate sprinting events
by mikeryan on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @08:08PM
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Cullen Jones won gold as a member of the US 4x100 Free relay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullen_Jones
Re:Why English speakers dominate sprinting events
by maxklein on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @07:40PM
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That's not related. Why are there no World Class Kungfu Masters from Zimbabwe?
Re:Why English speakers dominate sprinting events
by cap4life on Thursday August 21, 2008 @01:15AM
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It most certainly is related. If the author of the article is questioning why one race dominates in a certain sport, then asking the follow up question of why that same race is noticeably absent from a different sport is related. We're talking about black people and why they do well at some sports; you could also talk about black people and why they seem not to do as well in others.
And a world class zimbabwean kung fu master could exist.
Re:Why English speakers dominate sprinting events
by maxklein on Thursday August 21, 2008 @06:34AM
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It has nothing to do with race. East Africans are of the same 'race' as West Africans. Your concept of 'race' has nothing to do with reality - you can't just take the color of peoples skin and group them all together. It's very superficial, and is totally unrelated to any biological reality.