This is the sort of nonsense one reads when someone confuses the accomplishments of five or ten rare, highly talented, obsessively dedicated individuals, with the imaginary " typical abilities" of arbitrarily defined billions of humans that might be sorted into imaginary "races", ethnic groups, or nationalities.

Currently, 100 % of the white males in America have failed to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds. And, about 99.99999 % of black males have also failed to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds. World class sprinters are extremely rare, and are not "typical" in any group of people. Now that Balco is out of business, someone who can run at that speed is not just "one in a million". They are about "one in a billion", regardless of nationality or ethnic group.

In the 1980's, a third to half of the players on most major league baseball teams were African-American. Today, less than 10% of major league players are African-Americans. Did the "genetics" of African-Americans change to lose the "baseball gene" between 1980 and 2004?

The Astros recently began supporting inner city youth baseball in Houston. They discovered that Houston did not have decent baseball diamonds available on a daily basis to younger inner city players. Few inner city kids had access to a high quality baseball program or coaching. Genetics? No. Opportunity, resources, and coaching are the key to developing first class baseball players.

Preparing a young person to become a good baseball player is no different than preparing that same person to become an engineer, nurse, or accountant. There must be the opportunity. There must be resources. There must be good coaching.

Inner city Black males in America have plenty of ORC for basketball. But, little for baseball. None for hockey. And, OCR is scarce in the inner city for a future as an engineer or accountant. ORC, not genetics, is the key to enabling any individual to fulfill their potential in life, in every field of endeavor.

The same folks who use neo-nazi "genetics" arguments to "explain" why Black males are successful in the NBA, yet are scarce in the upper management of "Fortune Five Hundred" corporations oppose society making a meaningful investment in educational and health resources in the inner city. After all, if "genetics" explains individual success, why invest community resources in neighborhoods where "genetics" has already decided who will succeed and who will fail?

The truth is, virtually every individual human, from every race and background, has something of value to offer society, IF society invests the resources to develop their potential. AND, if society ceases to place limits on people's opportunities, employing absurd "genetic" assumptions about what any individual can or can not accomplish.