# Characterizing arguments as racist - OK? If not, it should be

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**Created:** [May 6, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characterizing-arguments-as-racist-ok-if-not-it-should-be/941527 "2021-05-06T14:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characterizing-arguments-as-racist-ok-if-not-it-should-be/941527/101 "2021-05-13T20:31:58Z")

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What do you mean, “such _a_ thread”?

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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characterizing-arguments-as-racist-ok-if-not-it-should-be/941527/102 "2021-05-13T20:35:34Z")

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> [@Critique this: Why blacks run faster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-this-why-blacks-run-faster/627414):
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> I saw a fascinating documentary narrated by Michael Johnson last night; I found it so interesting I jotted down notes in order to remember the thrust, plus a few thoughts of my own. It started by pointing out the eight finalists in the 100m Beijing Olympics were descendents of slaves. I have an open mind but an awful lot of this resonated with me: Related article from the Jamaica Observer - it gets pretty interesting at ‘Synthesis of Hypothesis’: [http://m.jamaicaobserver.com/mobile/columns/A…](http://m.jamaicaobserver.com/mobile/columns/Are-sprinting-prowess-and-prostate-cancer-related-_10803053)

~Max

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characterizing-arguments-as-racist-ok-if-not-it-should-be/941527/103 "2021-05-13T21:59:41Z")

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Wow, that thread brings back memories. The arguments for the “look how unusual black people are” (to put it charitably) proponents from 2012 appear identical to the most recent I can recall.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characterizing-arguments-as-racist-ok-if-not-it-should-be/941527/104 "2021-05-14T04:55:57Z")

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They were still at it in [2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-african-americans-have-extra-energy-in-their-muscles/724906). And [2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-one-race-is-faster-more-athletic-stronger-in-sports-whats-bad/746836).

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