# Characterizing arguments as racist - OK? If not, it should be **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 102
**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")
> [@Critique this: Why blacks run faster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-this-why-blacks-run-faster/627414): > > 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 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characterizing-arguments-as-racist-ok-if-not-it-should-be/941527)._