The Greek's Offense From: The Washington Post | Date: January 19, 1988| Author: | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Back in my college days, I dabbled in anthropology. In physical anthropology we had to do something called "racing and sexing" of skulls. That entailed looking at a skull and determining whether it was once a man or a woman-and which race. Yes, Virginia, the races are physically different.

And that, sort of, is what Jimmy the Greek said. A little bit out of his field, the Greek got about a thousand things wrong about race and genetics, but what he said seemed self-evident to most whites and a good many blacks as well: blacks in general are more athletically gifted than whites.

Now, this ...

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