January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

(his ancestors and to a degree his generation). You could argue that 'whites '
are more successful at certain sports such as Swimming, Tennis, Rugby but is it
because that 'Blacks' haven't become actively involved in these sports yet or
because they are not interested ? Judging by the Williams sisters in Tennis I
would think that as they become more involved in these sports you will see a
dominance there also. When I was at school the 'black' children were always more
successful at sports - one thing was apparent was that they were very dedicated
and had a huge interest in sports - far and above most of the 'white' children.
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|11/25/03 09:13:54 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I really hate
getting into this black and white thing in sports, because it inevitably
degenerates into a racially divisive subject so I will state my opinion as
carefully as I can. Being a champion in any sport is usually a matter of freak
genetics (I mean the word freak as a positive in this usage). The larger the
gene pool you have to draw from, the better chance you have of coming up with
someone who has the perfect genetics for boxing. Naturally if you have 250
black heavyweights and 5 white heavyweights, you have a much better chance of
coming up with someone with the proper genetics to be a champion. You are
drawing from a much larger base. If there were an equal number of whites in
boxing as there was blacks, there would probably be an equal number of white
champions and top contenders. Boxing will always appeal to the oppressed
minority as it is a way out of the ghetto without college, etc. When African
Americans have reached equality in America with whites, they will no longer
dominate the sport. That's my opinion for what its worth.|
|11/25/03 09:43:55 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Two
points: 1) Depends what sport you're talking about. Whites seem to have all
the swimming and weightlifting champions, either because of genetics or because
they have better access to training facilities for these activities. Look at
all the great Russian weightlifters. Figure skating and gymnastics just aren't
available to most minorities, but what about weightlifting/powerlifting? For
distance running (marathons), whites seem to do very well, though the Kenyan
athletes dominate some events. Point # 2 is that CBS fired Jimmy "The Greek"
because of what they considered to be racially insensitive comments about why
black athletes outperform whites. In a drunken moment, he babbled that in the
days of slavery in America, slave owners mated the strongest, healthiest black
women with the strongest, healthiest black men. He concluded that generations
later, superior genetics help the black athlete. It's intersting to note that
Reverend Jackson defended Jimmy The Greek at the time---he said that The Greek's
grasp on American history wasn't that far off. Also interesting is the fact
that The Greek didn't at any point condone slavery or related actions of the
slave owners---he just offered his opinion about one aspect of why black
athletes do well, yet CBS fired him. A guy who had great relationships with
athletes of all colors (and a guy who decked Brent Musberger at a bar!) was let
go by the PC police, even though he was defended by Jesse Jackson! |
|11/25/03 10:30:02 AM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|WELL, YOU FANS
SURPRISED ME, AT LEAST YOUR HONEST, THEN WE ALL AGREE BLACKS ARE GOING TO ALWAYS
DOMINATE IN THESE SPORTS, WEIGHTLIFTING, HEY THOSE GUYS HAVE BEEN ON SO MANY
DRUGS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN EVER CONTROL THAT SPORT. TILL NEXT TIME. KOO KOO
KOO KOO |
|11/25/03 10:37:44 AM|Fran|PA||PLC7755||||10|People definately have certain
traits based on race and ethnicity. However champions are made from Desire
dedication and hard work. The athelete that dominates a sport is the hungry
athelete who takes it higher than the others. People are people we all have to
sweat blood to make it you don't get a free pass because you are of a certain
race. HArd work is the common denominator for everyone in sport. You have to pay
the cost to be the boss no matter who you are.|
|11/25/03 10:45:18 AM|Fran|PA||plc7755||||10|Its not what you see that makes a