The other day in one of my classes, we were talking about how environment and ethnicity affects what sport you will play, so my teacher asked a Hispanic boy what he was good at and he said soccer, she asked and Asian girl and she said gymnastics, and last she asked a African American girl and she said everything. The teacher laughed, agreed and went on to name African American athletes that excel in not your typical sports, like golf and tennis. And that made me think is that how society really feels about African American athletes? Are we naturally and biologically better? I do not think it is fair to say. African American athletes like Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Kobe Bryant all work really hard to be as good as they are in their sport, it is not because they are African American, but it is their work ethic and drive to be the best which makes them good.
C. Johnson
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