people engineered to be fast? he is telling london s daily mail all my life i believe i became an athlete through my own determination but it s impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn t left an imprint through the generations. difficult as it was to hear slavery has benefited a descendents like me and i believe there is a superior athletic gene in us. yes, he did a say that. let s talk about it and going me is bamani jones and kenneth tropshire. gentlemen, thank you for being there. so, listen. what do you think? what is the bottom line here when you hear those comments from mr. johnson? it s problematic. it s nothing new. this is something that has occurred over the past hundred years initially with african-american athletic success, post the berlin olympic games with jesse owens. this is a story that emerges and there s rarely been any sort of foundation for anyone to make such statements. there have been a number of studies gone and this is drawing co
people engineered to be fast? he is telling london s daily mail all my life i believe i became an athlete through my own determination but it s impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn t left an imprint through the generations. difficult as it was to hear slavery has benefited a dissendents like me and i believe there is a superior athletic gene in us. yes, he did a say that. let s talk about it and going me is bamani jones and kenneth tropshire. gentlemen, thank you for being there. so, listen. what do you think? what is the bottom line here when you hear those comments from mr. johnson? it s problematic. it s nothing new. this is something that has occurred over the past hundred years initially with african-american athletic success, post the berlin olympic games with jesse owens. this is a story that emerges and there rarely been any sort of foundation for anyone to make such statements. there have been a number of studies gone and this is drawing cont
be better? michael jons once referred to as the fastest man in the world is pretty fast with his opinion. all my life i believe i became an athlete through my own determination, but it s impossible to think being descended from slaves has not left an imprint through the generations. slavery benefitted descendents like me and i believe there is a superior athletic gene in us. he did say that. joining me to talk about it, contributor, kenneth is the author of in black and white, race and sports in america. listen, what is the bottom line here when you hear those comments from mr. johnson? i will start with you. it s problematic. it s nothing new. this is something that occurred over the past 100 years. initially with african-american athletic success and the berlin olympic games and then again in the 70s. this is a story that emerges and there is rarely been any sort of foundation for anyone to make such statements. there have been a number of studies done and this is drawi
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