Black Superman: A Cultural And Biological History Of The People That Became The World's Greatest Athletes

More than ten years in the research and writing, Black Superman addresses one of the most controversial debates in recent American history: Why are African Americans and other people of African descent so disproportionately represented among the greatest athletes in the world? And what are the implications if African American athletic superiority is based on genetic differences between them and other racial groups? In a persuasive and engaging mix of sports, science, and history, Black Superman argues that the athletic superiority of people of West African descent, in athletic activities involving speed and power, is based on biologically-inconsequential, environmentally-determined biochemical and biomechanical differences between them and all other racial groups and on biochemical differences between them and all other African populations.

Author: Patrick Desmond Cooper
Publisher: First Sahara Enterprises
Published: 01/01/2003
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780982237205
ISBN10: 0982237200
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social

About the Author
Patrick Desmond Cooper has been a writer his entire adult life. He began his career as a sports reporter and also served as an aide and speechwriter to Michael Manley, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica. He also represented his country at the United Nations and in Africa.

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