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Did slavery and selective breeding affect today's athletes?

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“Selective breeding” of slaves is mostly a modern urban myth. It was so rare that there is little evidence of it at all. The myth was popularized by a few popular novels (like the best-seller, “Mandingo” in the 1950’s) and movies. But several other genetic factors may have applied to the abilities of some of today’s athletes. read more

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Slave breeding for the purpose of creating better traits in offspring was not widespread and had little impact on the size and strength of African Americans today. A larger role that slavery played in the involvement of Black people in sports would be the automatic placement into poverty. read more

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