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The dominance of black athletes in Sport.

Date Submitted: 10/20/2002 01:21:49
Category: / Society & Culture
Length: 4 pages (1201 words)
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The pre-dominance of black athletes in world sprinting is blatant, but the argument still occurs, is it due to their biological and genetic make-up, or is their ability to dominate in the world class sprinting, because they have been shaped by the societies from which they come? This will be argued. This is an ongoing debate since the uprising of black athletes from around 1945 when the Supreme Court decided to make racial segregation illegal. (J. …

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…clearly points us to the conclusion that the dominance of world sprinting by black athletes is a social phenomenon. In a world that's undeniably dominated by whites, will black athletes ever have a fair chance of gaining the deserved credit, without there always having to be some 'underlying' reason for their superiority in sports. Many hope they will one day get their deserved credit, but many still aim to undermine them in any way possible.

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