Race and Athletics

In this episode we discuss some of the myths about race and athletics and try to shed a little light on the subject.  Here are some sources that can help with this discussion:

1. Good source on race and athletics: Hoberman, John Milton. Darwin's athletes: How sport has damaged Black America and preserved the myth of race. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997.
2. Journalist with a very readable approach to race: Harrison, Guy P. Race and Reality: what everyone should know about our biological diversity. Prometheus Books, 2010. Chapter 4: Black Men Can’t Jump
3. Epstein, David. The sports gene: Inside the science of extraordinary athletic performance. Penguin, 2014. Shows a couple of single gene mutations that affect performance but also emphasizes the 10,000 hour principle.
4. Clips from the Jimmy the Greek interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzB7IsmOegE
5. Interview with Donald Trump in June 2016 where he says Jimmy the Greek shouldn’t have apologized for his racist rant:  http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/30/donald_trump_invokes_jimmy_the_greek_and_his_racist_slurs.html
6. Rush Limbaugh on Donovan McNabb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGiTv_xRd5A
7. Black vs. White quarterbacks at Alabama: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2243329-andrew-zow-the-highs-and-lows-of-life-as-a-black-qb-at-alabama
8. A key racial and racist source for the biological effect of race on athletics: Entine, Jon. Taboo: why black athletes dominate sport and why we’re afraid to talk about it, Cambridge, MA, Perseus Books, 2000.

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