Why are Olympic swimmers rarely black?
An athlete’s racial or ethnic background depends on the country the person originates from. If a country does not compete in an event, no one of any specific racial or ethnic group will be present. And any countries that do compete should be considered to draw their athletes from a representative population of their citizens. This is not always the case. Blacks represent about 13% of the US population. This is a relatively high percentage of the population compared to other nations with large Olympic teams, such as Canada, the UK, and countries in Europe and Asia. In statistical terms, about one in every eight persons in the US Olympic team would be black. The distribution of blacks is not evenly spread across the country and local variations will occur. More dominant, though, is probably the fact that competitive swimming tends to be a pursuit of the middle class. Swimming lessons, at any level, for children coming up through the system must be paid for by the parents. These can be fa
Well redjohn, you are completely wrong, black people have fast twitch muscle fibers whichs makes them able to jump higher and run faster, white men will never be as dominant in basketball, or track because of this. Also because white men have different muscle fibers we are signifcantly stronger, all world class weight lifters are white, and most come from very poor european countries, so your excuse for not having the facilities is untrue. Also the strongest black men are from the USA and the carribean because they were BRED fr slavery, that’s why there are so many tall black men, and yes a lot of strong LOOKING black men, and that’s proven to be because of their skin tone, it’s just lighting, I will show you a source if you want. Also then there’s boxing black men especially heavyweight boxers have a slight advantage for their speed in the ring but the hardest punchers have for the most part been white. Also there’s wrestling where white people dominate I’m a very devoted wrestler and
