Bill Romanowski - Racist Or Misunderstood?

[gollygee]

94. A few responses

1. This is just a theory, and at the end of that article, the researcher who is black says that part of the issue is that he and others who were black were "discouraged" from swimming growing up. They were not just discouraged. They were kept out of almost all swimming pools and beaches. Great article about the history of racism and swimming pools in the US: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/06/10/americas-swimming-pools-have-a-long-sad-racist-history/

2. Due to the history of slavery and racism, and associated rape, most black people in the US are part white, and a great number of white people in the US are part black. There is no real line separating the two races. We made that line for reasons other than biological differences (except aesthetic differences enough to differentiate people.)

3. For the study, they used data collected from various armies around the world and not just the US - measurements for uniforms. Physical development and growth is affected by more than just genetics. It is also affected by diet and nutrition and health care. I question the assumption that all physical growth differences they found were caused by genetics, especially as they used data from a number of countries and various countries have different racial backgrounds and also different access to health care and healthy, nutritious food.

4. And it still doesn't explain why there aren't more black quarterbacks. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1089725-why-african-american-qbs-are-systemically-trained-to-abandon-mechanics

You might be interested in a three-part video series on YouTube called Race: Power of an Illusion - particularly the first part of the first video. Also, this article: http://www.newsweek.com/there-no-such-thing-race-283123