African-American Myth

The two answers that I found most surprising resulted from the two questions: Blacks are better runners, and asians are better at sports like gymnastics, and figure skating due to their size. The reason I found those surprising was because I expected those two questions to be somewhat false. For the first question, I thought it was more of myth that African Americans were the better runners; I thought it all had to with the person themselves and their stamina. But it was interesting to read that more African Americans have ‘fast twitch’ muscle fibers that helps them run faster than most people. The second question I found was completely shocking because it was not the answer I expected, despite it being only partly true. Again, I was under
the assumption that anyone could be good at sports like gymnastics, figure skating, etc. and while body type is an advantage; I wouldn’t have thought about race being involved, too. Needless to say, I thought it was interesting that they talked about asian body types are well fit for these flexible sports, and they have very fast reflexes that help with it. I personally thought it was another stereotype that asians are good at this specific sport because of their nimble bodies.