seriouslly i want to know
2007-05-08 19:57:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Its a genetic trait, African Americans tend to have more twitch fibre muscles, which is good for sports which require quick bursts of speed ie. basketball, sprinting, football and etc.
However, not every black person is good, just like some of the greatest athletes in the world are white or of different nationality.
It has nothing to do with slavery, and the breding argument, if that were the case, blacks in other countries such as Africa would not be Athletic. Genes determine certain racial qualities, height, muscle definition, hair texture, skin color, etc.
Additionally, African-American athletes are disproportionately represented in professional sports: for example, 13 percent of the U.S. population is black, but the NFL is 65 percent black, the NBA is nearly 80 percent black, and the WNBA is 70 percent black.
Finally, many great athletes that dominate their sport do so because of a blend of athleticism and mental determination or a desire to be the best.
2007-05-08 20:05:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Since not ALL black people are good at sports, you might want to start your question with, "Why does it seem ..."
I don't have an answer to your question, but Jon Entine does. He wrote "Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports And Why We're Afraid To Talk About It."
2007-05-09 04:25:57 · answer #2 · answered by BlakWriter 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not all are. But, you are right, if you look at the best athelites in american sports, they are usually black. ie. Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Jerry Rice, Bo Jackson, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr. Who knows. But, they sure are fun to watch!
2007-05-09 03:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by Greg L 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is gonna sound terrible...
White people (European) have been civilized for a few thousand years. Agriculture and industry have made it less necessary for white/european countries to be physically adept.
In Africa to eat you had to be able to hunt, to prosper you had to be strong. In essence Blacks are more athletic because they are closer to the point where life and death were defined by physical prowess.
I am so gonna get slammed for this but I believe its true
2007-05-09 03:23:22 · answer #4 · answered by lou19672000 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because of their hormones, genes, the X and Y chromosomes... long time ago black people r the slaves... they r used to do the hard work so their muscles and alertness were built and it becomes hereditary... i guess thats it.
2007-05-09 03:04:27 · answer #5 · answered by dude_27 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm Dominican/American and I suck at Baseball and pretty much any other sport eventhough i'm in great shape, so I don't think it's tied to skin color.
I'm a great Cook though!
2007-05-09 03:08:25 · answer #6 · answered by HaLF_BaKeD123 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In truth they are not good at all sports. They make great boxers,athletes,and footballers and rugby players,but you never see them swimming at the olympics,or rowing ski -ing ((they did bobsleigh in cool runnings)martial arts,archery ,sailing ,golf (except for Tiger) and lots of other sports.Their main strengths are boxing and sprinting. My favourite black sports star is Serena .
2007-05-09 04:15:27 · answer #7 · answered by thfcsydney 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
there are so many sports they are not good at
how about those
2007-05-09 10:33:28 · answer #8 · answered by 51 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same reason south asian people are good at medicine. Its a cultural trend right now.
Nothing to do with genes.
2007-05-09 03:05:53 · answer #9 · answered by Johnny 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
they have a body which is great for sports!!
2007-05-09 05:43:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋