Bill D, I have a problem with that listing. I remember quite clearly and not too long ago when the official dictum was that Black people couldn't swim. Charley Pride, the country singer, said that when he heard that one he had to go find out, and sure enough, he could swim...

What happens to that list when one is not *all* Black? My guess is that few American African-Americans are all any one thing. And yet, they tend to put white athletes in the shade.

I suspect it has a good deal more to do with 'hunger' than with inherent characteristics.