J'ai vecu ma jeunesse au Bresil jusqu'à l'âge de 34 ans. k j'ai gagne plusieurs courses de route entre 7 et 20 km... je m'entrainais beaucoup. Maintenant Maintenant je vis en Belgique j'ai 67 ans et je cours dans la categorie veteran ...J'ai 67 and je m'entraine sur la route peu-près 60 km par semaine. Je travaille encore 15 h par semaine parce que je suis pensionné. Donc mes exploits viennent de l'entrainement et la passion pour la la course à pied. Mais grâce à l'excellence et excellent athlete Michael Jonhson, desormais je sais que mes compétences vienent aussi une partie de mes ancetres africains. Merci excellent Michael Jonhson... nous tous vous aimons . Ari Neves from Belgium
Thank you, Michael Johnson. You are one of my favorite athletes that really inspires me. your running style, your energy, your blackness, handsomeness and your discipline all come together to make you the best athlete in the world, and it looked on you very fit, to qualify you to be the best athletes in your time and until today. I remember when I was still in primary school I was one of the best 100m sprinters at my school! I knew I was gifted for that but I didn't have a chance to continue and make it career. Watching your games gave me more energy and more courage to do what I have to do. Knowing that I am gifted at some point. Now you have done a tremendous Documentary! It is very very important in the lives of athletes and especially in the black athletes carriers as they dominate in it. I haven't seen any other athlete who has done such important work in his career. I really congrats you and good luck in your rest of life. Love you
Very educational. Thank you very much Mr. Johnson. I hope your health is in good condition. Please stay strong and healthy. I respect you very much. May God continue to make you inform us on our history. Blessed
Watching this documentary, I'm reminded of an interview by ESPN-Australia (I think) with Usain Bolt in the Beijing 2008 Olympics a week before he stepped on the track. He was asked why is it that the Caribbean & Jamaica in particular has produced so many world class sprinters over the years? Bolt answered - slavery. He didn't mean anything bad by it; he just made the point that the different genes that came from all over west Africa is directly responsible for the results. He was not wrong.
There was Slavery all through the Caribbean's, so why aren't Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans dominating Track & Field. Cuba a little with their jumpers & hurdlers but that's about it. I know exactly what it is, it's culture, nothing more or less. The 3 Caribbean Islands I just mentioned dominate in baseball, PR & Cuba also boxing. Why? Culture. Slavery has very little to do with it in my opinion.
Not to mention, the black men who didn't perfect their physical attributes, the ones who died in violence, the men who sit in jail, infant mortality, victims of "pregnancy termination." Maybe even faster more athletic than Johnson or Bolt, black people who just didn't fulfill their athletic dreams. Like my brother, who out ran the state track champion, twice (they were in the same gym class) with no training in high top basketball sneakers. The track coaches begged him to join the team but we were poor, so he had to work after school. Me and my brother were the fastest kids in the neighborhood. I ran so fast, in relay races I would outrun everyone and literally briefly run backwards and still win the race. Never lost, only to my brother occasionally.
Senegalese are definitely runners. After work hours, you'll see many of them exercising, mostly running. There was an elder man that ran up a hill everyday. Many of them are very for.
Michael Johnson was my idol growing up. I wanted to run like him so bad and went on to break my high school’s 400m record. A kidney transplant surgeon once told me that to survive the ocean journey you would need kidneys that hold onto water and sodium better. Selecting for these kidneys might be a factor in the high rates of hypertension and renal failure today when combined with our unhealthy high salt diet today. I wonder if the stroke he had later was a “lacunar” type stroke due to hypertension.
Only the strong survive,it is possible that our ancestors who survived were mostly those who came from families that were able to feed themselves accordingly ,making them more healthy and strong. For example; if your ancestors came from a family of kings,they would be well fed, making them more healthy and strong,making them more aggressive also. The health and strength of a child determine by how healthy and strong the parents were at the time the child were conceived. What we eat is who we are.
I wish he hadn't given back the 5th medal. His teammate was the one that cheated, not he. And it doesn't negate his foot speed in the race. He earned that through hard work and determination and should not have to suffer the indignity of losing it because someone else's lack of integrity. I respect him greatly, he's been a positive influence in a time when blacks need it. I just disagreed with that decision. Interesting documentary nonetheless.
watch it from here turkey..congrats michael..good man and personality and great athlete..shame on usa..such a big crime..we never faced with..sorry for all of your ancestors and all the human beings taken apart from their own lands..such a violence ...
By the way, i forgot to mention in my previous comment earlier that Egypt is a Greek word, and it just means Bondage- Captivity- Slavery. See Exodus 20:2 and Deuteronomy 5:6 for the biblical definition to explain Deuteronomy 28:68
But what puzzles me most is why does Africa lacks great sprinters like Usain Bolt , Michael Johnson and others like Bob Hayes , Carl Lewis and many more elsewhere in the west? Contrary why are there great long and middle distant runners from the African continent than the descendants from slaves in the west?
That's right. Ghanaians look different, Nigerians look different and some others.His ancestor could one of those you mentioned. Strange that he did found out Michael did.
But the West African athletes who have no slave breeding ancestry are also just as good if not better than the African Americans and Carribeans only difference being lack of infrastructure, lack of interest and lack of opportunities in these sports.
As Mr Johnson alluded to, WE ARE ALL FROM AFRICA. Last census I regestered as an AFRICAN-AMERICAN. 1)Of African heritage 2) Born in US. It must be pointed out that ALL COUNTRIES HAD SLAVES. That we kept the same jobs after slavery just made it ECONOMIC SLAVERY, sadly even today. Before that ALL CANNIBALS. To divide into ARTIFICAL RACES/SHADE IS THE CRIME We all be Bros. Proudly African. Tho I am pale.
That’s not how it works, black people aren’t superior physically other wise as Michael Johnson implied, every black person would be a world class athlete. I know for a fact culture and up bringing(hard work too) and more importantly God given talent helps one regardless of race become physically successful.
B.S : Black Americans and black Jamaicans are not Kalahari bush men or any other Southern African, But are West African and even in Africa people have been mixing or mixed for millennia. Did slavery make the East Africans faster in long distance? No. West Africans today are just as fast if not faster than the Americans and Jamaicans but the reason we do not hear or see more of it is Exposure to the sport, interest, resources and finance. Boxing, MMA, all distance races both short and long are all still very very new to West Africans Football (soccer) is hands down the preferred and more popular sport in ALL of West Africa.
It wasn’t. Humans are no different from animals in that they can be bred-all humans of any race. We have bred chickens to be three times as big as what they were 200 years ago. Same with pigs. Same with crops. We’ve crossbred the strongest strains of wheat, corn, etc for bigger crop Slavery lasted 400 years. If people constantly paired the biggest strongest men with the strongest healthiest women, you’re going to have a population with superior genetics when it comes to strength and size. Notice that the majority of black athletes in the Olympics who dominate are from the United States or Britain or Jamaica....countries that built up their black population through slavery. It’s also an incredibly taboo topic in America, for understandable reasons.
@@youtubecommenter37 what about Africans who dominate. East Africans in particular were they enslaved. Evolution is mostly a myth. Although there is some truth to it
@@youtubecommenter37 It would take approximately 60 generation, around 1500 years, for any "selective breeding" to produce any significant changes to the gene pool of a population, so your argument is false. The reason the subject is taboo, is because the premise is false. Do some real research.
Dr Juliet Walker helped confirm Jimmy the Greek Snyders statement about selective breeding.... a confirmed truth that Snyder paid a heavy price for....🤔
Point of correction! There’ was no weaker enslaved individuals, the were tortured mercilessly and they died. More so, the librarian keep telling Michael, your great grandmother was born a slave, instead of using the term enslaved, nobody was born slave, they were forcefully enslaved against their will ! Change the lingo guys !
A descendant of a union between a slave daughter and a slave owners son I believe that we are stronger and fitter because of the diversity and the adverse conditions our ancestors endured.. I strongly believe that I am an example of that strength and determination to survive and excel
nice theory but very very wrong. If slavery makes you faster or stronger so almost every asian, african or european must be a sprinter. For example in Roman Empire unskilled slaves worked on farms, in mines
Thank you, BlackRock. I've pointed out to another poster that it would take around 60 generations, or 1500 years, for such "selective breeding" to have any significant effect.
I think this is nonsense and pseudoscience. Everywhere you see black people on the continent of Africa and throughout the diaspora, you find incredible athletes. So ,in my point of view, black people are good athletes simply because of culture and genetics. Like everyone else.
You are correct, Ismael, slavery had very little to do with it, and it is pseudoscience. One dominant factor is that African Americans try harder. Often the only access to tertiary education is through sports scholarships.
Okay, by now everyone should have figured out that the slave trade as described was impossible. The logistics just cannot account for all those people being here. So then what? Well, it's quite simple yet we make it so complicated. What happened was black people were already here in the Americas before Columbus.
The descendants of Slaves including the Native Indians and Latin Americans, are the biblical Israelites . We break God laws, statues, and commandments, and he allowed us to be enslaved as our punishment. We are the same people from Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medes and Persian, Greece, and Romans captivity. The Trans- Saharan slave trade, Indian Ocean slave trade, and finally the Transatlantic slave trade. We are shemites and lived among the Hamites in Africa, After Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD. The Hamites and the Ishmaelites ( Arab) sold us to the Edomite ( Caucasian). See Joel 3:1-6 , Luke 21:20-24, Deuteronomy 28 :32-33 and vs 37 vs 41 vs 45-48 and vs 68.
we are the chosen people of God. Genesis 25 21 explains our origins and being stronger than other people. We are Hebrews that had to run in west Africa from the Romans. The Hamitic people sold us to the demons.
A very engrossing and interesting documentary. Not a minute wasted.
Truely, deeply touching and illuminating, many thanks to Michael for such a personal and unfiltered perspective.
J'ai vecu ma jeunesse au Bresil jusqu'à l'âge de 34 ans. k j'ai gagne plusieurs courses de route entre 7 et 20 km... je m'entrainais beaucoup. Maintenant Maintenant je vis en Belgique j'ai 67 ans et je cours dans la categorie veteran ...J'ai 67 and je m'entraine sur la route peu-près 60 km par semaine. Je travaille encore 15 h par semaine parce que je suis pensionné. Donc mes exploits viennent de l'entrainement et la passion pour la la course à pied. Mais grâce à l'excellence et excellent athlete Michael Jonhson, desormais je sais que mes compétences vienent aussi une partie de mes ancetres africains. Merci excellent Michael Jonhson... nous tous vous aimons . Ari Neves from Belgium
wow!😃 what a mixture of intelligence and athleticism!
Very true! He reminds me of my hero, another great intelligent, smart athlete by the name Edwin Moses.
Has an accounting degree too!
24:29 24:34 24:46 24:46 24:47
What a beautiful story. Sad. Horrifying. Resilient. Majestic. Thank you.
This was a fantastic documentary. Well done Michael. Really insightful
Thank you, Michael Johnson. You are one of my favorite athletes that really inspires me. your running style, your energy, your blackness, handsomeness and your discipline all come together to make you the best athlete in the world, and it looked on you very fit, to qualify you to be the best athletes in your time and until today. I remember when I was still in primary school I was one of the best 100m sprinters at my school! I knew I was gifted for that but I didn't have a chance to continue and make it career. Watching your games gave me more energy and more courage to do what I have to do. Knowing that I am gifted at some point. Now you have done a tremendous Documentary! It is very very important in the lives of athletes and especially in the black athletes carriers as they dominate in it. I haven't seen any other athlete who has done such important work in his career. I really congrats you and good luck in your rest of life. Love you
Thank you for putting this out for us to see, used it for a school project and found it extremely helpful.
Thank you for sharing this history with us. 🙏🏾
Great and Emotional Documentary
must've been before smart phones. homie broke out the 8 foot map on us 😂
Very educational. Thank you very much Mr. Johnson. I hope your health is in good condition. Please stay strong and healthy. I respect you very much. May God continue to make you inform us on our history. Blessed
U did a tremendous job finding your great Ancestorial lineage: brilliant 👏 👍 👌 ❤🎉
Respect mr Johnson one JAMAICAN LOVE❤ STRENGTH👊 SHALOM.
A great piece super interesting and not racist in any way but seeking the Truth that all - the Truth! Good job Michael!
The athlete I most admired growing up.
Doped out of his mind...
@@stratkiller2531 😂 Buzz kill. Unless you have direct proof or a confession direct from his mouth...who knows!! Maybe..maybe not.
@@AB7F9 come on bro... do you think any of these guys will ever admit to it? I mean really guy???
@@stratkiller2531 If they're all on the dope that means it's a level playing field and he's still awesome just like Ben Johnson.
@@AB7F9 agreed... but I think Ben Johnson was the greatest ever.
Amazing documentary I was very touched and when I saw the photo it made me cry! Thank you Michael Johnson for who you are!
He was a true inspiration. Only Senna, Jordan and Djokovic can compare to that guy
Bravo d’avoir retrouvé ton ancêtre j’en ai pleuré ❤❤❤❤
Awesome, thank you, Michael Johnson, for sharing your story with us.
Watching this documentary, I'm reminded of an interview by ESPN-Australia (I think) with Usain Bolt in the Beijing 2008 Olympics a week before he stepped on the track. He was asked why is it that the Caribbean & Jamaica in particular has produced so many world class sprinters over the years? Bolt answered - slavery. He didn't mean anything bad by it; he just made the point that the different genes that came from all over west Africa is directly responsible for the results. He was not wrong.
There was Slavery all through the Caribbean's, so why aren't Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans dominating Track & Field. Cuba a little with their jumpers & hurdlers but that's about it. I know exactly what it is, it's culture, nothing more or less. The 3 Caribbean Islands I just mentioned dominate in baseball, PR & Cuba also boxing. Why? Culture. Slavery has very little to do with it in my opinion.
Very well done docu ... insightful too ...
we need an part 2 think about it. this was a very strong documentary
Not to mention, the black men who didn't perfect their physical attributes, the ones who died in violence, the men who sit in jail, infant mortality, victims of "pregnancy termination." Maybe even faster more athletic than Johnson or Bolt, black people who just didn't fulfill their athletic dreams. Like my brother, who out ran the state track champion, twice (they were in the same gym class) with no training in high top basketball sneakers. The track coaches begged him to join the team but we were poor, so he had to work after school.
Me and my brother were the fastest kids in the neighborhood. I ran so fast, in relay races I would outrun everyone and literally briefly run backwards and still win the race. Never lost, only to my brother occasionally.
Some of that is my story also. Many are called.
very nice!! congrats!
Quite insightful.
Wow love it.
Senegalese are definitely runners. After work hours, you'll see many of them exercising, mostly running. There was an elder man that ran up a hill everyday. Many of them are very for.
Michael Johnson was my idol growing up. I wanted to run like him so bad and went on to break my high school’s 400m record.
A kidney transplant surgeon once told me that to survive the ocean journey you would need kidneys that hold onto water and sodium better. Selecting for these kidneys might be a factor in the high rates of hypertension and renal failure today when combined with our unhealthy high salt diet today. I wonder if the stroke he had later was a “lacunar” type stroke due to hypertension.
Only the strong survive,it is possible that our ancestors who survived were mostly those who came from families that were able to feed themselves accordingly ,making them more healthy and strong.
For example; if your ancestors came from a family of kings,they would be well fed, making them more healthy and strong,making them more aggressive also.
The health and strength of a child determine by how healthy and strong the parents were at the time the child were conceived.
What we eat is who we are.
I wish he hadn't given back the 5th medal. His teammate was the one that cheated, not he. And it doesn't negate his foot speed in the race. He earned that through hard work and determination and should not have to suffer the indignity of losing it because someone else's lack of integrity. I respect him greatly, he's been a positive influence in a time when blacks need it. I just disagreed with that decision. Interesting documentary nonetheless.
Same journey brother.. us blacks go searching.. to see where we fit in
I think there's some truth to it in terms of rising above it And we became greater In spite of it The beatings gave us the drive to become greater
he's a great narrator
Michael made the same assumption as i did, a never thought it would have rendered a so special decumenary. COngratulations!
Love u sol much
We're is Phelps documentary...
Wao!!!!
This was an awesome story like bolt said Mike was never push but bolt was lol
I'm gonna tell my team one of your quotes if i can find one
Just realized how much Michael Johnson. Sounds like the Great Actor Morgan Freeman.
Makes sense.
What does he say about human excrement at 17:20? couldnt understand
That's such a silly lie lol
Good documentary but the entire 45 minutes basically said 2 things over and over again.
watch it from here turkey..congrats michael..good man and personality and great athlete..shame on usa..such a big crime..we never faced with..sorry for all of your ancestors and all the human beings taken apart from their own lands..such a violence ...
the fastest man ive ever saw
Bolt? But Johnson is the GOAT in my opinion
+Abhi Kumar bet you ain't saying that shit now... Bolt= 9 Golds.. Triple - Triple
Blade Sparta
down to 8.....so far.....
@@bladesparta7737 8 golds
By the way, i forgot to mention in my previous comment earlier that Egypt is a Greek word, and it just means Bondage- Captivity- Slavery. See Exodus 20:2 and Deuteronomy 5:6 for the biblical definition to explain Deuteronomy 28:68
But what puzzles me most is why does Africa lacks great sprinters like Usain Bolt , Michael Johnson and others like Bob Hayes , Carl Lewis and many more elsewhere in the west? Contrary why are there great long and middle distant runners from the African continent than the descendants from slaves in the west?
Wow
i saw the shape of his head alone and I know his ancestry might come from the senegambian region of west Africa
That's right. Ghanaians look different, Nigerians look different and some others.His ancestor could one of those you mentioned. Strange that he did found out Michael did.
But the West African athletes who have no slave breeding ancestry are also just as good if not better than the African Americans and Carribeans only difference being lack of infrastructure, lack of interest and lack of opportunities in these sports.
As Mr Johnson alluded to, WE ARE ALL FROM AFRICA.
Last census I regestered as an AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
1)Of African heritage 2) Born in US.
It must be pointed out that ALL COUNTRIES HAD SLAVES.
That we kept the same jobs after slavery just made it ECONOMIC SLAVERY, sadly even today.
Before that ALL CANNIBALS.
To divide into ARTIFICAL RACES/SHADE IS THE CRIME
We all be Bros.
Proudly African.
Tho I am pale.
Black people have always been Superior in terms of physicality since time one. It's a gift from God embrace it!
That’s not how it works, black people aren’t superior physically other wise as Michael Johnson implied, every black person would be a world class athlete. I know for a fact culture and up bringing(hard work too) and more importantly God given talent helps one regardless of race become physically successful.
I love you all I just wanted to stand out #50
The good times I held the 400m world record
16:20
I did not remember that drama. thank you for the reminder
19:50
???!!! lol
All I have to day is, "White man can't jump, they don't have to, they own the team!" - Comedian ~ Paul Mooney
B.S : Black Americans and black Jamaicans are not Kalahari bush men or any other Southern African, But are West African and even in Africa people have been mixing or mixed for millennia.
Did slavery make the East Africans faster in long distance? No.
West Africans today are just as fast if not faster than the Americans and Jamaicans but the reason we do not hear or see more of it is Exposure to the sport, interest, resources and finance. Boxing, MMA, all distance races both short and long are all still very very new to West Africans Football (soccer) is hands down the preferred and more popular sport in ALL of West Africa.
Wondering if he find out he an israelites from the tribe of Judah
How was what that Jimmy guy said racist?
It wasn't. he was telling the truth, but America could not handle that
Racist ‘implications’
It wasn’t. Humans are no different from animals in that they can be bred-all humans of any race. We have bred chickens to be three times as big as what they were 200 years ago. Same with pigs. Same with crops. We’ve crossbred the strongest strains of wheat, corn, etc for bigger crop
Slavery lasted 400 years. If people constantly paired the biggest strongest men with the strongest healthiest women, you’re going to have a population with superior genetics when it comes to strength and size. Notice that the majority of black athletes in the Olympics who dominate are from the United States or Britain or Jamaica....countries that built up their black population through slavery.
It’s also an incredibly taboo topic in America, for understandable reasons.
@@youtubecommenter37 what about Africans who dominate. East Africans in particular were they enslaved. Evolution is mostly a myth. Although there is some truth to it
@@youtubecommenter37 It would take approximately 60 generation, around 1500 years, for any "selective breeding" to produce any significant changes to the gene pool of a population, so your argument is false. The reason the subject is taboo, is because the premise is false. Do some real research.
We were never slaves.
🤦🏾♂️
What's sad is they built up johnson as the best he wasn't the best. He got beat.
The documentary is much more about the heritage of Jonson than the reasons of the superior performance of Afroamericans. .
Dr Juliet Walker helped confirm Jimmy the Greek Snyders statement about selective breeding.... a confirmed truth that Snyder paid a heavy price for....🤔
Jimmy the Greek Schneider may have been right.
Elephant seals have a big deal in Jamaican sprinters?
Meanwhile wvn like "sup"
Point of correction! There’ was no weaker enslaved individuals, the were tortured mercilessly and they died. More so, the librarian keep telling Michael, your great grandmother was born a slave, instead of using the term enslaved, nobody was born slave, they were forcefully enslaved against their will ! Change the lingo guys !
Why does he sound like Morgan Freeman??
Proud to be a nigga 👑
A descendant of a union between a slave daughter and a slave owners son I believe that we are stronger and fitter because of the diversity and the adverse conditions our ancestors endured.. I strongly believe that I am an example of that strength and determination to survive and excel
nice theory but very very wrong. If slavery makes you faster or stronger so almost every asian, african or european must be a sprinter. For example in Roman Empire unskilled slaves worked on farms, in mines
Only the descendants of slaves. And, the theory is based upon a probability, not a certainty, of atheism based upon a slave induced natural selection.
Thank you, BlackRock. I've pointed out to another poster that it would take around 60 generations, or 1500 years, for such "selective breeding" to have any significant effect.
so Jimmy the greek was right
His head is just like Akon
Deuteronomy 28:68
Your point?
Real boaster defeated by Donavan bailey in a humiliating way
I think this is nonsense and pseudoscience. Everywhere you see black people on the continent of Africa and throughout the diaspora, you find incredible athletes. So ,in my point of view, black people are good athletes simply because of culture and genetics. Like everyone else.
@@henri.r94 africa is poor and check again, african record is 9,77
You are correct, Ismael, slavery had very little to do with it, and it is pseudoscience. One dominant factor is that African Americans try harder. Often the only access to tertiary education is through sports scholarships.
The rampant lotion unquestionably punish because candle splenomegaly question with a dry pruner. tasteless, solid helicopter
What about it’s a gift from The Most High YAH himself and the fact we are his chosen.
sad sad sad sad regurgitation is a sour taste
Less talking about African athletes would do you good brother.😅
Okay, by now everyone should have figured out that the slave trade as described was impossible. The logistics just cannot account for all those people being here. So then what? Well, it's quite simple yet we make it so complicated. What happened was black people were already here in the Americas before Columbus.
You’re kidding right?
The descendants of Slaves including the Native Indians and Latin Americans, are the biblical Israelites . We break God laws, statues, and commandments, and he allowed us to be enslaved as our punishment. We are the same people from Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medes and Persian, Greece, and Romans captivity. The Trans- Saharan slave trade, Indian Ocean slave trade, and finally the Transatlantic slave trade. We are shemites and lived among the Hamites in Africa, After Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD. The Hamites and the Ishmaelites ( Arab) sold us to the Edomite ( Caucasian). See Joel 3:1-6 , Luke 21:20-24, Deuteronomy 28 :32-33 and vs 37 vs 41 vs 45-48 and vs 68.
they cant swim i can tell you that
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Also not very good at handgliding.
we are the chosen people of God. Genesis 25 21 explains our origins and being stronger than other people. We are Hebrews that had to run in west Africa from the Romans. The Hamitic people sold us to the demons.
LOL
Drugs
He's not the fastest...
Another JUICED sprinter....Oh, I forgot Americans compete "clean" lol