There was a thing on Dateline or Nightline a few weeks ago about stereotypes. One thing they talked about was the stereotype that black people are more athletic naturally. There were some people that said this is true, just look at all the athletes on sports teams; most are black. Others said it was just that: a stereotype, and cited other reasons for why there just happens to be a disproportionate number of black professional athletes (like they're more driven to succeed). The thing I noticed is that it was generally white people saying it was natural and generally black people saying it was due to drive. That got me wondering whether black people don't want to believe in innate athletic ability because that opens the door to black people being labeled as innately other things (like stupider, as some researchers have tried to prove). Do you agree with this?
2006-11-01
04:36:50
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