Only a few things make one humanbeing excell over another - practice, practice, practice and/or study, study, study. Since the genes of mankind are +99.9% identical - it leaves that 0.10% that determines the cosmetic make-up of whom we are.

Cultural differences seperate us more than race. imo

In Florida, we have a small town that produces an unproptionately high degree of excellent atheletes (mostly football, but a number basketballers as well). There was a buncha racial hooplah about it a number of years ago - "they excell, because of their former slave masters' breeding programs" and such. When one visits this town on any given non-school day the cause becomes more evident - these kids work like hell to be the best they can be in sports and have some excellent coaches (that are ignored for their tallents, by colleges, because of race). I've seen these kids running up and down the emergency dikes outside their town - without supervision, to get an edge. They are hungry to suceed - and the hungriest do.

Self motivation wins ever time, and it has little to do with race.