The Science Museum in London said Dr Watson had gone "beyond the point of acceptable debate" during an interview this weekend in which he claimed black people were less intelligent than their white counterparts.

Initial findings demonstrated that 74% of men and 65% of women believed in genetic contributions to the perceived race difference in athleticism. Thirty-three percent of the men and 26% of the women stated that genes explained a lot or just about all of the difference between Whites and Blacks in athleticism.

Originally posted by Astyanax
reply to post by ProTo Fire Fox

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Of course racial differences are more than skin deep.

Americans of all people must know this. In the days when prejudice and discrimination kept black athletes out of top-level American football, baseball, basketball and other sports, all the American record-holders and champions were white.

Now, they're mostly black.

We see the same thing in the general dominance of blacks in many if not most Olympic contests.

In terms of absolute achievement, blacks run faster, jump higher, are better co-ordinated physically and pack a lot more strength and power.

[edit on 19-3-2008 by Astyanax]

Originally posted by Astyanax
reply to post by ProTo Fire Fox

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Of course racial differences are more than skin deep.

Americans of all people must know this. In the days when prejudice and discrimination kept black athletes out of top-level American football, baseball, basketball and other sports, all the American record-holders and champions were white.

Now, they're mostly black.

We see the same thing in the general dominance of blacks in many if not most Olympic contests.

In terms of absolute achievement, blacks run faster, jump higher, are better co-ordinated physically and pack a lot more strength and power.

[edit on 19-3-2008 by Astyanax]

Originally posted by ProTo Fire Fox
Thanks for reading this and if you have any other info on other diferrences please post it, and if any of my facts are wrong, sorry i aint no doctor so im not sure.I hope that you enjoyed it.

I did. I found it refreshingly honest. You asked some questions, I think I have some answers.

Your first quote begins:

Salt-sensitive hypertension is more common and has more severe consequences in urban black populations than in white populations.

From this, you've concluded that "the above quote shows us that black people are more affected in this case than there white counter parts." That's not a factually accurate interpretation of the facts. The "urban black population" is not commensurate to "white populations." When it comes to nutrition, the contemporary urban population of any color is more affected by geography than race. Following the riots of 60's and 70's, many national supermarket chains chose not to re-build in those neighborhoods, due to risk. While totally understandable from a cost-analysis point of view, the decision doomed poorer city-dwellers, who couldn't afford cars and/or gas, to depend on local grocers, or "bodegas" where I live. Anecdotally, I've always been lucky enough to shop outside the neighborhood, but others had to wait until gentrification (the last 5 yrs) to get any real supermarkets within walking distance. Here's some more info:

The Science Museum in London said Dr Watson had gone "beyond the point of acceptable debate" during an interview this weekend in which he claimed black people were less intelligent than their white counterparts.

Initial findings demonstrated that 74% of men and 65% of women believed in genetic contributions to the perceived race difference in athleticism.

The Association of Black Cardiologists co-sponsored the clinical trials for BiDil, received $200,000 from NitroMed, and enthusiastically supported the drug's approval.

That arrangement wasn't unusual. In July 2004 the National Institutes of Health published a study urging millions of Americans to take statin drugs in order to lower their risk of heart disease. It was later revealed that eight of nine authors of the study had financial ties to makers of statin drugs. The ties were not made public when the dubious findings were first announced.
A Bitter Pill for Black Hearts