6. Percent of whites in MLB 61.2%
Percent of latinos in MLB 27.3%
Percent of blacks in MLB 8.8%
Other ethnicities 2.7
Percent of blacks in the NBA 76%
Percent of whites in the NBA 30%
Percent of latinos in the NBA 3%
Other ethnicities 1%
Opening day
statistics for
2013
The number for African
Americans has dropped
from 20% in 1980 to under
9% in 2013
7. The idea that blacks are physically superior
because only the “fittest” survived the Middle
Passage coupled with the effects of selective
breeding during slavery has been a popular
myth for sometime
The history of boxing in the U.S. parallels the
socioeconomic conditions of ethnic groups in
this country.
Perhaps the most entrenched canard about sports
and race is that there is an inverse relationship
between athletic aptitude and intelligence. As
such, the more athletic a player is, the more likely
he is to be perceived as intellectually challenged.
