Why Are There No Black Swimmers Or Gymnasts in the Olympics?
From time to time I would be asked this question and a reader just asked: "Why are there no Black swimmers or gymnasts in the Olympics?" It seems a very valid question if you look back and it seems true but if you look deeper enough that in itself should not be a question because our human nature has this tendency to see things in definition of absoluteness - white, black, brown, yellow, etc. or by borders of East or West. We could argue that Mr. Barack Obama is President and we should not say that President Obama is a black President but that does not change anything or take anything away. So this question does have an interesting angle to it. Athletics You can talk about running, jumping, singing, dancing, boxing, etc. and these are just a few areas that blacks excel in. You can also ask why are Jamaicans so good at sprinting? According to some reports, West Africans seem to have higher numbers of muscles responsible for short, explosive burst of action than do whi...