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Originally Posted by Botnst
That's right, European lead the world in whitey roundball jocks working for Americans.
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Anything that doesn't play to your strengths is trivial and meaningless, I suppose.
My theory on why blacks do better, part of it anyway, is that, broadly speaking, American blacks in the last 100 years were much more likely to have to subsist on simple, inexpensive but wholesome fare, such as black eyed peas, collard greens, and corn bread. Think that's a stereotype? I've met a lot of black people who would disagree with you. Also, physical scuffling as children seems to be more accepted in the black community than for white kids who are more and more subjected to a sheltered, nanny-state environment. Look at animals: play is mock fighting.
By contrast, whiteys like me grew up on a complicated, overly sugar and shortning laden menu. Add the fascination with computer games and easy living, and you have the degeneration of modern Americans, now afflilcting blacks more and more as well.
One reason the military is such a bastion of male bonding and pride, IMO, is that basic training and simpler, more wholesome diet gives a lot of guys the best experience with fitness they've had in their lives. Even so, the gooks in Nam were more hardy physically than GI Joe and I believe it's part of the reason we were bested there.