tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post8180137573540888208..comments2024-03-15T20:52:26.967-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Dog bites man and Kenyan wins Boston MarathonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58655083297274926272007-04-18T08:38:00.000-07:002007-04-18T08:38:00.000-07:00during the michael johnson era, roger black was se...during the michael johnson era, roger black was second fastest guy in the 400, and britain regularly has white runners on the 4x400 relay. australia beat nigeria in the 4x400 at the 04 games with 3 white runners.<BR/><BR/>this leads me to wonder how much interest white americans have lost in sport. two of the best basketball players are foreign whites, but there is not a single major white american star in basketball.<BR/><BR/>there are 220 million white americans, but the US is now losing international basketball tournaments to white teams from medium sized nations with 40 million people. so you might think the media would be calling loudly to mobilize that talent pool to produce more players like barry and eaton and mchale and stockton to help the US dominate basketball again.<BR/><BR/>instead, we get "Why isn't baseball 100% black like it should be? Every sport should be 100% black, so what is the problem with baseball? This is big problem that warrants a national news story. It could be more hidden racism. It could require millions of dollars of federal money for an outreach program. This seems to be turning into a national crisis."<BR/><BR/>the media does not even count black players from latin america as black. it goes directly to spinning things in favor of the group that it worships: black american men in sport. that has to have a powerful effect on potential white athletes. everywhere the message is strong: you can't play, so don't bother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42395733981320489622007-04-17T19:53:00.000-07:002007-04-17T19:53:00.000-07:00Right, the 400m is a length at which white runners...Right, the 400m is a length at which white runners from Europe and Australia have done well, but black Americans long dominated in part because the 4x400 (mile) relay was the closing event of American track meets so it was a point of pride to do well in the 400. But, now the two best American quarter-milers are white. So, the 400m really falls in that gap between where West Africans are super-dominant (100m and, to a slightly lesser extent, 200m) and where the East Africans take over. (Kenyans have won a few Olympic medals in the 400m, but it's really a little too short for them.)Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54863000103634416572007-04-17T18:34:00.000-07:002007-04-17T18:34:00.000-07:00" I'm sure Beijing 2008 will show east asians in a..." I'm sure Beijing 2008 will show east asians in a more athletic light. "<BR/><BR/>Chinese athletes tend to only set records when the drug testing regime can be controlled by China, see all the Women's middle to long distance records they set in the mid 1990s for examples.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-41871092460746418262007-04-17T16:53:00.000-07:002007-04-17T16:53:00.000-07:00Shouldn't you wait on the facts before suggesting ...Shouldn't you wait on the facts before suggesting we wait on the facts? Maybe, the facts just aren't worth waiting on. And even if one does wait on the facts, how does one decide when that waiting should stop, in case more facts that should have been waited on, come along.<BR/><BR/>And so on, and, so forth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49536094415957115262007-04-17T16:04:00.000-07:002007-04-17T16:04:00.000-07:00i would wait on the facts before dealing with the ...i would wait on the facts before dealing with the south korean school shooting business. in the mean time, here's some hilarious public television:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3LLpNLo864Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-28474785480737985402007-04-17T15:36:00.000-07:002007-04-17T15:36:00.000-07:00Man eats dog...Steve, give us a thread where we ca...Man eats dog...Steve, give us a thread where we can beat up on the Koreans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80061488097627188772007-04-17T10:47:00.000-07:002007-04-17T10:47:00.000-07:00Lets not forget the ladies! At one time they were ...Lets not forget the ladies! At one time they were barred from entering the Boston Marathon. With extraordinary work and training,they have relentlessly progressed to the point where they are now second only to men! Good work,ladies! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69141544728894541792007-04-17T07:06:00.000-07:002007-04-17T07:06:00.000-07:00white runners are as good at 400 meters as any dis...white runners are as good at 400 meters as any distance.<BR/><BR/>interest level still plays a big part in sports. australia and poland can beat nigeria at 400 meters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53361153203910175342007-04-17T07:02:00.000-07:002007-04-17T07:02:00.000-07:00"Northeast Asians (are most competitive) in the ma...<I>"Northeast Asians (are most competitive) in the marathon"</I><BR/>What about Liu Xiang? I'm sure Beijing 2008 will show east asians in a more athletic light.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69439732391662685022007-04-17T03:56:00.000-07:002007-04-17T03:56:00.000-07:00Who can forget the glory of Allan Wipper Wells? I ...Who can forget the glory of Allan Wipper Wells? I still don't know if he was juiced up, but the only runner of that time to have more developed muscles was Jarmila Kratochvilova.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63427003027303625842007-04-17T03:03:00.000-07:002007-04-17T03:03:00.000-07:00Running is an area where the "LA LA LA" sung by th...Running is an area where the "LA LA LA" sung by the politically correct with fingers in their ears is at it's very loudest.<BR/><BR/>It's amusing to see the lineup of finalists in the Olympic 100m dash. Invariably, there are men from Africa, the West Indies, North America, Europe, wherever -- but they all have same west African appearance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com