So you wanna get controversial? lets do it intelligently.

[BrothaBill]

so basically if you believe its a socio-economic issue, then we will continue to see the 'poor sports' dominated by blacks. the sports that are free to play and practice in your neighborhoods and at school. like b-ball, football and running.

the more expensive sports like gymnastics, tennis and golf will not see a surge in black athletic dominance.

is this a fair assumption?

No, the basic premise is the Olympics shows off to the world the best of the best and its not dominated by a skin color

 

[nycgirl]

so basically if you believe its a socio-economic issue, then we will continue to see the 'poor sports' dominated by blacks. the sports that are free to play and practice in your neighborhoods and at school. like b-ball, football and running.
the more expensive sports like gymnastics, tennis and golf will not see a surge in black athletic dominance.
is this a fair assumption?

I disagree with the socio-economic issue w/ regard to tennis and golf. I think more and more blacks will play the sport. The mentality of those sports being "white-only" sports is slowly being abolished. Will they dominate? I can't answer that question.

I doubt you see it with gymnastics.

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

I (as well as others) already stated this as well. Many times on C&C and in this thread.

I think he was just referring to you using the word ''we'' and saying ''blacks'' store fat differently after distinguising the differences between the african groups has been the basic premise of your whole argument.

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

wow this is getting confusing. how about if you have two dark colored parents and no whities in the family tree, you qualify as a black person. or do we go by the govt census?

I know one thing, you go by who checked the fucking box on their medical school application. It's a pretty much guaranteed acceptance here in AR that if you check the box, you get in.

 

[Mr. dB]

All of this, is why race relations make the US suck
These arguments lead to real problems in a society that is a melting pot?

Well, we collectively as a country have been ignoring and denying racial discussions for the past 30-40 years, race is like the elephant in the room that everyone is afraid to talk about. Race relations in this country are going down the toilet, maybe if we stop being afraid to talk about it we can do something about it.

I mean, guess what -- black people and white people are different. Big deal. How boring would it be if we were all the same? I think that acknowledging our differences is a necessary step toward understanding and maybe someday actually getting along with each other.

 

[nycgirl]

I think he was just referring to you using the word ''we'' and saying ''blacks'' store fat differently after distinguising the differences between the african groups has been the basic premise of your whole argument.

Um, I think I stated a few posts before that there are similarities within one general race but there are differences (i.e., Icelanders vs. Spaniards vs. Germans (all Caucasian, but different); Mongolians vs. Japanese (Asians, but different); American Blacks vs. Eastern Africans vs. Western Africans (Blacks, but different).

I used myself as an example a few posts back.

 

[BrothaBill]

wow this is getting confusing. how about if you have two dark colored parents and no whities in the family tree, you qualify as a black person. or do we go by the govt census?

as Ive stated before, out of the millions of genetic combinations that are possible, only about five control skin color. Making a generalization based on that is folly, or is it? Is the fact, that there was natural selection that took place on slave ships lead towards a more muscular, fitter species?? The implications are not yet proven by research, mainly b/c of the pandora's box it opens.
People with impure motives will use it to discriminate. So whats a person to do, agree, a good person can agree or disagree, Samoth who is prolly the most logical and pure of heart in his search for the truth can have his views twisted into a hate filled diatribe, I dont know the answer to any of this. But from my experience.
Black people are the best and the worst of peoples, it depends on the person, not their skin color, same with Russians, same with British, same with Greeks, same with gays, nearly always evil when it comes to menhating lesbians lol. Pick your label, then define them and put forth an argument to denigrate them. Its freedom afterall, freedom to hate you fellow man, which is not zen.
Its like foreigngirl who likes Milosevic and mass grave sites of people she hates

 

[spongebob]

That stands to reason, since blacks only represent 13% of the US population.

but percentage wise, a majority of the poor are blacks.

so i think you would have to look at a couple of factors right. first the percentage of any race being athletically gifted is probably low. so take for example a poor white, what is the chances of him being in both categories, poor and athletically gifted. probably slim.

now what are the chances of a black landing in both categories. poor and athletically gifted. well i would think high. because a majority of em are poor.

because you see, a rich person, black or white, are not going to participate nearly as much in sports.

this is ofcourse if you subscribe to the theory.

 

[Mr. dB]

I dont understand why 1 more rep would hate jewish people...

He's an Arab-American...

 

[spongebob]

No, the basic premise is the Olympics shows off to the world the best of the best and its not dominated by a skin color

can we be more specific? which sports are not dominated by skin color that fall into the 'poor sports category'?

like is boxing dominated by skin color? or track and field? i would think these are 'por sports'.