Dont get me wrong and think im racist or something, but i heard that the reason that most sprinters/football players etc. are african american is because they have developed a different muscle in their leg than other races. is this true?
2007-11-01 14:05:59 · 20 answers · asked by Ninja Time 5 in Sports ➔ Running
We as humans have the same bone/muscle structure and African Americans didn't get a special muscle in their DNA.
I would sooner think that they are good at those sports is because football is available at almost every school across the country and college scouts don't discriminate based on socioeconomics, they are looking for good players. As for track and field, it is relatively inexpensive to compete and is one of the sports that you will often find in the inner city. It is also a sport that most school have as well.
Yes there are black hockey players, as well as swimmers and divers. That blows away your theory.
As for you being racist, everyone in this country needs to chill out and realize that just because you ask a question about another race doesn't mean you are a racist.
2007-11-01 17:12:06 · answer #1 · answered by Labradorables Rock! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Different races do not have different muscles.
If it were true that blacks had a different muscle, then it should be true that all blacks would be great sprinters.
Many blacks are very poor runners.
Yes, there are black hockey players in the NHL.
The reason many people participate in a particular sport is culture. Their parents either played the sport or took the children to watch from a very early age.
2007-11-01 15:03:29 · answer #2 · answered by lestermount 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is false. The likeliest reason why most sprinters are African American because they play basketball. The art of basketball enables the body's fast-twitch fibres to be focused upon which is used in sprinting.
Jumping requires fast-twitch fibres (for quick movements-think agility). Since they play basketball because of cultural reasons they have the upperhand.
2007-11-01 14:17:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
na the melonoma is a form of steriod
and
bred races for labour are more muscled
closer related to
neanderthal man
when life was tougher
but brains over brawn made the world what it is today.
their is truth to most of what i said.
and the light pushes harder on the blacks so its like running with the wind.
the mental attitude to prove they are not inferior to whites drives the black phykee also.
perhaps they run faster cause they are more scared and need to run away faster.
i am not racist either but your question is inherintly racist.
white men can't jump
isn't that the most racist title for a movie ever.
what about a movie called
'nothing runs away faster then an african american'
cause don't world records proove that is true
2007-11-01 14:14:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sprinters DO have a different type of muscle than distance runners, but I doubt that it has anything to do with ethnicity.
2007-11-01 15:07:57 · answer #5 · answered by Tomboy with girly tendencies 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. I did research for an Issues in Contemporary America class about stereotypes like this. It's all psychological. Check out a CNN special about stereotypes for full details.
2007-11-01 14:08:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's true because mostly all the perople in my school are different color white people are teh weakest here in all the sports, mexicans are mexican so they are fst jst cause i'm mexican ************.
2007-11-03 14:23:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO.We are all the same people even though black people seem more athletic we have all the same muscles!
2007-11-01 14:58:31 · answer #8 · answered by MAVSFANATIC41 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black runners have a muscle that the rest of us don't?
2007-11-01 14:27:04 · answer #9 · answered by One Bad Mama Jama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they have a faster twitch in there muscle allowing them to move faster
2007-11-01 16:15:21 · answer #10 · answered by Ethan 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋