Watching the Olympics I was struck by one strange fact. An overwhelming majority of the athletes were black. It seemed as if any country that could have access to black athletes did and did so in surprising numbers. Or is it a surprise at all? I am not going to be making the case that black people are genetically superior athletes. There is a case to be made for that in the USA as my people were specifically bred for labor. The issue here is one of socialization I think. Statistically speaking, blacks live at lower income levels that non-blacks almost everywhere on the globe. This is especially true in areas like South Africa where laws were created to preserve a social imbalance in order to keep the money in the pockets of those who already had it.
Which brings me to my point: Black athletes are in and lately dominate Olympic sports because of the poor conditions in which they were raised. In other words, athletics provided a way out and many seized upon that opportunity.
Some Thoughts:
- I don’t think I did a great job explaining the imbalance here, but I don’t have the time to go back and fix it. I’ll explain it: Need + Desire + Goals = maximum output. The need factor of the equation is what I try to work on…