Yet when Joe Morgan whined that there weren't enough blacks in baseball during the Series, implying Houston lost because they were so 'white' he was celebrated for his insight.

Which ignores the fact that so many latino players are succeeding in this competitive sport.

As if any baseball manager has cared about skin pigment since 1956...

Which is more racist? The NHL or the NBA?

Answer? trick question... neither.

It's all part of the faux-egalitarian BS that came into vogue in the Activist Era. Admitting that black kids on average run faster than white kids is to acknowledge that there may be actual physical differences between the races of Man... and is therefore a bigoted statement. Ditto for actual differences in physical capability between men and women, race notwithstanding.

Of course, the topic is also poisoned by REAL racists and bigots who will try to derail the discussion at any chance.

Maybe we just have to wait on this one until we ALL grow up.

Know what's funny? In 1936, the statement, "black kids (could) be faster," was a concept promoted by people in the US to refute the claim of a certain racist in Europe who said his "Master Race" of white guys couldn't be beaten by a "subhuman". The idea was settled when Jesse Owens proved the racist view wrong.

It's almost 70 years after Jesse came home with 4 gold medals, but now it's a sin to suggest he could do what Hitler swore he couldn't.

The Black Republican,

Exactly.

The irony is..well... sad.

I took a trip to Wikipedia. I'm on dialup at the moment, so things are too slow for me to link to more than Jesse and the last 20 years worth of the "Fastest Men Alive":

The Fastest Man Alive, 1936 (Jesse Owens)
The Fastest Man Alive, 1984-1988 (Carl Lewis)
The Fastest Man Alive, 1992 (Linford Christie)
The Fastest Man Alive, 1996 (Donovan Bailey)
The Fastest Man Alive, 2000 (Maurice Greene)
The Fastest Man Alive, 2004 (Justin Gatlin)

Remember: If you notice any similarities in these pictures, it's either just an amazing coincidence or you're a racist. You have no other possibilities to choose from.

To: The Black Republican
I was what was referred to as "Pretty fast for a white boy."

While I've always been "pretty fast for a zombie."

The retro zombies, of course. Fuck all this new-school zombie shit. (But that was death with ad nauseam here, long long ago).

I remember the first time I played G1, Steading of the Hill Giant Chief. Man, that was an awesome adventure. We killed the two sleeping giants at the gate, but the 28 giants down the hall having a party gave us a rough time. And how about Room 17A in the lower level? Wow, that Wierd Abandanded Temple threw us for a loop. Oh, and we killed the orc escaped slaves instead of getting them to help us. They were orcs, for god's sake. All in all, a true blast, only topped by G2, Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl!

Damn, wrong thread again. Sorry Ace!

Old news Ace.

I agree black dudes are speedy.

One sport where speedy black dudes are under represented is race car driving.

The black race needs more race car drivers.

I've seen plenty of speedy black race car drivers, but not in official races.

Not driving their own race cars either.

Who can forget Rodney King, the only man on earth who could make a Hyundai Excel break a hundred miles an hour...

Notice also that the faster blacks are the ones from west Africa. In fact, eastern African countries have almost none 100-200, heck, even 400 meter runners. However they dominate the 5000+ meter races, while western African countries (and America, whose blacks are what, 95% descendents of western Africans?) have almost no runners in those categories.
.Heh, genetics are amazing aren't they?

I've read that there is more human genetic dieversity among Africans than all the other people on the planet.

You are correct, boris, which is why most anthropologists and geneticists believe in the "out of Africa" theory of human evolution: the older the population, the more variance contained within the population. Granted, a little math to back up this positition would be favorable to "trust me, I was a scientist, kinda," but I'm watching TV today, not pulling crap out of storage and transcribing it for you buttnugget-eating, Wesley Crusher-loving gaywads.

The J. Geils Band really were funky. I don't think they bear any correspondence to Peter Cetera.

Of course their fast just look at JESSIE OWENS in the olympics in BERLIN