The Idiocy of Stereotypes. By Eric Smith

There are some things that are just not fit to be intellectualized because they have historically been used to promote such evil that they cannot possibly be justified, regardless of the intent or lack of malice on the part of those who would attempt to do so. I refer specifically to these "studies" that prove that we African Americans, by birth, breeding, or genetics are somehow in possession of superior reflexes & greater strengths; attributes that supposedly makes us "better" athletes than whites. 

For those of you who for whatever rhyme or reason feel that these so called "studies" are accurate and not necessarily racist I want you to pause and take a long hard look at how these "studies" have been used to justify in this nation racial oppression from the dawning days of the republic. In fact, I'll just name three; slavery, segregation, and Judge Lynch. These "studies" have historically been used by racists to "prove" that we African Americans are biologically closer to animals such as a horse, a gorilla, or some other beast than to human beings.

These "studies" argue that we are naturally endowed with superior strength, reflexes, and endurance than other races and that these attributes make us superior athletes. Yet implicit in these studies is that while we people of color are endowed with an animal's super human strength, we also share the limited intellectual capacity of those animals which in turn makes us less than fully human. It is this idea that we people of color are not really human beings that has historically been used to justify our less than equal treatment in a nation founded on the premise that all people are created equal.

So when you accept the validity of these so called "studies", you are, regardless of your beliefs or intentions, buying into and feeding the wrong headed notion that a person's color or race has some bearing on their physical & intellectual capacity and that is just wrong. It justifies in the mindset of the true racist that we people of color really are closer to a horse, a gorilla, or a donkey than we are to a human being and if you disagree with these concepts then you should never give cover to those who believe in them by buying into their "studies" and notions that somehow a person's race can determine what they are; be it an athlete, a scientist, or whatever you are no different than the racist you claim not to be and the racism you claim to despise.

Therefore these "studies", to we people of color, are considered profoundly repugnant, morally corrupt, racist to the core, and offensive as hell, and we don't give a damn that others may say that that these studies are not racist; to us they are, period, end of discussion, and history and our collective experiences as people of color in these United States & around the world backs us up.