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Description: Jim Holt reviews 'Taboo : Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We Are Afraid to Talk About It' by Jon Entine.
A journalist looks at the sensitive issue of how black athletes came to rule American sports. Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We Are Afraid to Talk About It. t is pretty obvious that certain racial and ethnic groups are naturally gifted at playing certain sports. Take basketball. That's a Jewish sport. So, at any rate, people thought in the 1930's. After all, the star captain of the original New York Celtics, Nat Holman, was Jewish, as were four of the starters among St. John's famed ''wonder five,'' who ruled college basketball in the late 20's. Jews were believed to have a genetic edge, being endowed by nature with superior balance, greater speed and sharper eyes -- not to mention, in the words of one sportswriter, a ''scheming mind'' and ''flashy trickiness.''
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