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Originally Posted by Solon

That isn't the same thing as asserting that a certain race has athletically superior genes or DNA. In fact, this further proves my point. If the best specimens of a certain race were selectively bred to perpetrate traits that made more valuable slaves, we can conclude that there was a variety of physical attributes in existence and not a superior athletic race.

Hey, we all know how genetics work. It's no secret that one of the reasons I married my wife is because her name hangs in her high school's athletic hall of fame. I want athlete kids and, frankly, I don't contribute a whole hell of a lot in that department. Race is incidental. It's culture and (small-scale) heredity that matter - not overarching generalized notions of racial superiority.

Well said.