Why Black People Make Good Athletes: A Personal Observation
In three words: They Can Breathe!
Now, before you go accusing me of any form of prejudice, let me point out a few established facts.
Cats with flat faces have breathing problems due to mis-formed nasal passages; a cat with a longer muzzle does not.
Conclusion? Flat-faced animals cannot breathe as well as those with longer faces due to restrictions within their nasal passages.
I, a Caucasian, have had breathing problems since I was a child. I was accused of snoring in classes at school despite being wide awake–forced in my own case to breathe through my mouth more often than not. Oddly, at well over 50 years of age I needed to have most of my upper teeth removed due to gum disease–but that’s not the important part. I chose to have my incisors removed as well despite their being untouched by the problem so I could get a full upper plate. I will admit that as my incisors were being pulled, it felt like the dentist was trying to turn my nose outside-in. When he finished, I could breathe so clearly that for the first time in my life I could shut my noisy mouth!
- I stopped snoring!
- My nasal allergies almost completely dissipated.
- My colds have not been nearly as serious or lasted as long.
In short, I could breathe.
Taking that into consideration, when you look at a black person’s face, their mandibular area appears to extend forward farther than they do on any other race. Logically, this gives them an advantage because the roots of their incisors do not impinge upon the nasal passages and let them maintain a greater airflow in an athletic endeavor, giving them more oxygen and increasing both power and endurance even before athletic training.
True, others can demonstrate good power and endurance, but in almost every case one of the first things they’re taught is how to breathe. East Asians, who typically have even flatter faces than Caucasians demonstrate explosive power in their athletics, but rarely do they seem to excel in events such as long-distance running or other endurance activities unless they work harder to increase their lung capacity itself. Southwestern Asians tend to have visibly larger noses–as do most of the original natives of the American continents–which may compensate somewhat for the nasal obstruction of the roots of their front teeth. A probable example of this would be the messengers that ran between the ancient Central and South American cities, though I have no proof of this conjecture.
So, am I prejudiced or have I come upon an observation that has some basis in biology? You be the judge for now–or set up a medical study to test my theory. I’d like to know, myself.
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