im white,,, and have competed forever white guys generaly bench, this is mainly cause blacks have longer arms with hurt in the bench and help a whole lot in the deads.. more but black guys usually have great deadlifts which is a higher percentage of the total and they are generally equal in the squat...its always better to have a bigger dead than bench and the dead is done last in the meet so you know what you need to do to win and have your best lift comin up last...now the black guys dont generally get into powerlifting at a younge age casue they goto the big money sports nfl and such....i feel this is the only reason they dont dominate powerlifting...even though alot have steve goggins, gene bell, lamar gant super super long arms!!!!!