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"Anthropometric measurements of large populations show that systematic differences exist among blacks, whites and Asians. The published evidence is massive: blacks have longer limbs than whites, and because blacks have longer legs and smaller circumferences (e.g. calves and arms), their center of mass is higher than that in other individuals of the same height. Asians and whites have longer torsos, therefore their centers of mass are lower.
These structural differences, they argue, generate differences in performance. Using equations about the physics of locomotion, they analyze racing as a process of falling forward. Based on this analysis, they conclude that having a higher center of body mass in a standing position is advantageous in running but disadvantageous in swimming."
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as for the charge that race is not scientific, there are about 150,000 scientific studies involving race in the readily searchable medical literature. almost every clinical trial and medical topic includes consideration of race. ignoring race in human studies and medical care would be anti-scientific and offer less than optimum health care delivery. hundreds of thousands of scientists and health care providers are not racists for considering race.
in some fields, the term race is declining in usage, eg anthropology - the study of the human species
race is not simply an attitude, though I suppose it can be, especially for racists
as this sensitive topic shows, the subject generates much heat and finger pointing by some
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as for the charge that race is not scientific, there are about 150,000 scientific studies involving race in the readily searchable medical literature. almost every clinical trial and medical topic includes consideration of race. ignoring race in human studies and medical care would be anti-scientific and offer less than optimum health care delivery. hundreds of thousands of scientists and health care providers are not racists for considering race.
in some fields, the term race is declining in usage, eg anthropology - the study of the human species
race is not simply an attitude, though I suppose it can be, especially for racists
as this sensitive topic shows, the subject generates much heat and finger pointing by some
