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Post by Super Communist on Dec 4, 2011 22:53:43 GMT -5
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Post by Deinobrontornis on Dec 22, 2011 18:29:40 GMT -5
Honestly, I do believe race is a genuine construct, but some of this stuff is full of shit!
1. Blacks dominate sports: Yes it is true that they are more well designed for speed and stamina, but to say that Blacks dominate every sport is a load of BS. For instance, 81.3 % of wrestler are White and only 5.8% are Black as of 2010.[1] Or look at strongman competitions, most of the strongman are White. I can't even think of a Black strongman at this moment! 2. Racism: I'm glad this paper covered Asians, White, and Blacks. But can I ask something: WHERE IN THE HELL ARE THE ABORIGINES?! Can anyone not say this isn't racist when they forget an entire demographic group of humans?
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Post by Super Communist on Dec 22, 2011 20:51:10 GMT -5
I don't recall him talking about power sports at all in his paper, I think he was referring to the more common sports like football or track.
This paper was written by a single person and if I remember correctly he spent many years focusing on the blacks alone. I am pretty sure that he just didn't have the time to do studies on them.
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Post by Reticulatus on Dec 22, 2011 21:46:12 GMT -5
how about native americans?
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Post by LeopJag on Dec 22, 2011 22:48:19 GMT -5
Whites in general being stronger and not as athletic, might have something to do with the higher percentage of Neanderthal in our genes...then again, all racial groups that originated outside Sub Saharan Africa, have like 2-4% Neanderthal ancestry.
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Post by Deinobrontornis on Dec 23, 2011 1:22:31 GMT -5
how about native americans? Native Americans would fall into the haplogroup Mongoloids, which happens to be in this paper.
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Post by rhino on Jan 4, 2014 18:20:53 GMT -5
Am I going to be allowed to talk freely about this subject without you guys or proboards staff taking me the wrong way and thinking I'm being racist?
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Jan 5, 2014 2:02:44 GMT -5
Keep it scientific and you should be good.
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Post by rhino on Jan 6, 2014 5:33:38 GMT -5
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Post by rhino on Mar 16, 2014 0:05:29 GMT -5
Keep it scientific and you should be good. I actually have much to say regarding this topic but I can't because race is considered a taboo topic today.
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Post by Reticulatus on Mar 17, 2014 8:50:46 GMT -5
Is long as its not derogatory it should be fine.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Mar 17, 2014 13:05:43 GMT -5
^exactly, as long as it doesn't come off as hate speech and you can back it up with science it should be no problem.
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Post by rhino on Mar 17, 2014 18:05:14 GMT -5
The geneticist, James Watson, said that there is no reason to believe that different races developed identically and that our believing otherwise is not sufficient.
And guess what? His book tour was canceled and he was forced to recant his views that were formed over 40 years of study.
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Post by Reticulatus on Mar 17, 2014 19:13:28 GMT -5
Could you elaborate? I'm not sure I follow. Its a pity someone who did 40 years of genetic research would be pc'ed in such a way as to impede the progress of science, even if I don't fully understand his views.
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Post by rhino on Mar 18, 2014 8:06:46 GMT -5
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