It's in part because of slavery, thats why their are so many superior black athletes with huge size. They bred the biggest and the strongest for decades and decades.
Because it is a fact that most black people are much more athletic then White people. Most are actually very good at basketball because it is an athletic game and alot of black people's culture involves basketball so they practice alot at it. it seemes to be that alot of black people are very skilled at basketball.Not trying to be racist or stereotypical. It is just the truth.
Black people are much more athletic than white people, giving them a head start over a white person when they start playing basketball. Also, as sad as it is, alot of NBA players (I'd say more than 50%) come from poorer neighborhoods, which are normally black
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (quench23 @ Mar 26 2006, 10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>This is not ment to be racist. Its a serious question.</div>the real reason is cuz that most black people live the thug life n hav nothin 2 do all-day long n need to get away from life...they use bball to get money n 2 get away from life...they play it so much that they get so good at it...all the slavery <Censored> is bull...lol tho black people r really athletic..lol
Well, slavery plays a part in it. I mean, look at what those slaves were like, and how the slave masters always tried to breed the biggest, strongest and fastest slaves they could to maximize their profits.They are the reason why black people are more athletic than white people. It is as simple as that.Also, like a lot of people have said, a lot of the players in the NBA lived a life of poverty as children. Their mother/father/parents/family wanted to keep them away from drugs, gangs and violence, so they got them interested in sports and other things, and they just took it from there.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DaPrincezza_L'z21 @ Mar 27 2006, 07:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>the real reason is cuz that most black people live the thug life n hav nothin 2 do all-day long n need to get away from life...they use bball to get money n 2 get away from life...they play it so much that they get so good at it...all the slavery <Censored> is bull...lol tho black people r really athletic..lol </div> What the hell does thug life have to do with black people being superior athletes? How is the slavery part bull? Look around the NFL, NBA, it's obvious. It's sad but true. You wouldn't have as many of these super athletes who are gigantic without slavery. It's what happens when you selectivly breed for a hundred years.
its cause black people got no live its ball sell drugs or goto jaillmao just playin . Its cause Blackpeople had greats to look up to and all. .
Many of them do grow up in environments where they're not given the advantages that many of us have as far as education goes, so that's part of it. I agree with the selective breeding point also, it makes sense.
They are just naturally athletic. Alot more athletic then most white people. And basketball is a game where athleticism really helps them. It might be the theory that BCB stated but it has to be something because it is obvious here that they are naturally athletic.
Your forgetting that their are tons of amazing white athletes too, many just don't have the size to play in the NBA or the NFL. Their are some clans in Africa that grow out gigantic people (like the clan Manute Bol was in) for example but in general Africans aren't that much bigger than most Europeans. But slavery changed everything. We took Africans that were enslaving eachother already over here and in order to get the best profit they selectivly bred big strong Africans. Now this went on for over one hundred years weeding out smaller bloodlines greating generations of bigger people. Africans in general were not more athletic than Europeans, in Africa people run instead of walk so everyone looks lean and is in general in good physical shape. Black dominance cannot be traced to just a certain race being more athletic, it's not true. Slavery is a huge reason for the domination of blacks in athletics. My mom is a nurse and she's knows everything about health and she also says it's in large part due to slavery.
Oooh well then let's see what my Mom has to say and we can argue about it I agree though, I don't think they're naturally more athletic.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Saint Baller @ Mar 28 2006, 06:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>This should be locked or something... I find it VERY racist... I myself am half black....</div>i don't find this racist at all. It's just facts.
I agree. This thread isn't racist at all. We're discussing why black people are more athletic than white people. WE aren't degrading African-Americans at all. If there is any racism in this thread, which I don't believe there is, it is moreso against white/caucasian people.
well if he's black and he gets offended by it..then it's obviously offensive.but anyway the whole breeding thing is dumb and doesn't make sense because in biology there was an idiot scientist named Lamark.Lamark's theory said that acquired traits could be passed down to their kid. so for example if the dad was a body builder and his mom was a body builder their kid would be born buff and stuff.and through scientific evidence and stuff they proved it wrong. so if you think that because a lot of buff slaves mated with other buff slaves then they made other buff slaves then that's wrong.they made themselves buff and athletic.it has nothing to do w/ their parents.but i have heard about how leg muscles and the lower body in blacks are more developed than other races.
