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The two answers that I found most surprising resulted from the two questions: Blacks are better runners, and asians are better at sports like gymnastics, and figure skating due to their size. The reason I found those surprising was because I expected those two questions to be somewhat false. For the first question, I thought it was more of myth that African Americans were the better runners; I thought it all had to with the person themselves and their stamina. But it was interesting to read that more African Americans have ‘fast twitch’ muscle fibers that helps them run faster than most people. The second question I found was completely shocking because it was not the answer I expected, despite it being only partly true. Again, I was under

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