re: ESPN 30 for 30: O.J. Made In America

That's not why white people make better swimmers and black people make better runners.

The theory there is that in general white people have longer torsos and shorter legs. Black people have shorter torsos and longer legs.

Larger torso is better for swimming through the water, and longer legs are better for running.



That's the theory. Not whether white people are better at floating.

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frick every single one of the lawyers. They're pieces of shite and I agree with everything Goldman's Father said.

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Did they do their jobs?

By the way, frick OJ.

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Did they do their jobs?

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Honestly they should've been arrested. They basically held LA hostage. Cochran knew what he was doing. He knew if he lost the case there would be riots due to the narrative he created. Sickening to watch them just dodge questions and spin what they did.

"What are all these ****s doin in Brentwood?"

Ironic huh?

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Honestly they should've been arrested. They basically held LA hostage. Cochran knew what he was doing. He knew if he lost the case there would be riots due to the narrative he created. Sickening to watch them just dodge questions and spin what they did.

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Yeah. I'd have some respect if they would actually admit what they did. We all know what they did and how they spun everything, but they are dodging questions and still keeping with the narrative. 20+ years later.

The two jurors they talk to come off dumb as frick as well.

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I was only 5 when this happened and have never really researched it much, watching the whole chase and seeing all those idiots chasing him around like that was just surreal

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I'm 25 now, and I'm on part 3 and had no idea this whole story was this ridiculous.

This is amazingly well done.

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Somewhere of a scientific study that black people naturally are denser than white people and it's why black people generally make better Runners while white people make better swimmers

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Considering the genetic diversity of both white and black people I doubt that's a stereotype of any signficance. I especially doubt that it is a good thing to be especially dense/heavy when running or especially fatty/buoyant when swimming. Show me a credible journal like a science or nature that published a meta-analysis with those findings and I'll change my opinion.

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Ya I'm 27,

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Damn y'll are making me feel old

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Ya I'm 27, I knew it was a spectacle or whatever but this has really blown my mind to how big of a deal it was

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Consider that there were fewer major networks and all of them began to cover the case non-stop. The Bronco case was a live "holy frick, wtf is happening". The trial made Jay Leno the number one late night show on television (Letterman strangely refused to do jokes because he really like OJ). Every major character in the trial became a household name.