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Jon Entine

Jon Entine, author of Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk About It, is founding director of the Genetic Literacy Project at George Mason University.

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Olympics

It’s Genetics, Stupid

<p>This year’s record-breaking group of sprinters has undoubtedly been aided by superior DNA, writes Jon Entine—and it shouldn’t be taboo to say so.</p>

Jon Entine

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