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....And for anyone blaming it on racism, dont bother...The most well off population in America are Asians. And black people who try to make something of themselves do it all the time [just look at Obama].
I'm responding to Doc Savage Fan's eagerness to blame the supposed genetic inferiority of blacks.
Point taken. But at the same time Black people dominate sports entirely, if we are suppose to be equal in absolutely every way [intelligence included] then the the NBA have more White and Asian people on it. Right now Its 80%+ black, way out of proportion of the number of black people in the country. In Athletics Black people are superior if you go by averages, so why should intelligence be different since it is supposedly a inheritable attribute just as Athletic ability is.
It appears that genetics is the prime mover here with cultural aspects being secondary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence
"Nisbett summarises the findings of Rushton and Jensen as follows:[22]
- Since heritability of intelligence is high in the white population, the probability is high that a large portion of the black-white racial IQ gap is genetic in origin
- The gap is not caused by cultural differences, because culture-fair tests only increase the gap
- The average IQ of 70 for sub-Saharan Africans is lower than that of African Americans because 20% of the latters' gene pool is European
- Blacks score comparatively lower on questions with high general intelligence loadings, which are more affected by genetics
- Questions distinguishing "inbreeding depression" - low scores due to closely related parents - also distinguish the black-white racial gap
- Brain size is correlated to IQ and blacks have smaller brains than whites
- Speed of reaction is faster for those with higher IQs and whites have a higher speed of reaction to blacks
- The IQs of children of black parents with a high IQ regress to a lower mean than children of white parents with the same IQ, supporting a genetic explanation
- Interracial adoption studies support a genetic rather than an environmental explanation"
I'm responding to Doc Savage Fan's eagerness to blame the supposed genetic inferiority of blacks.
By just sticking the label, oh you are black thus your genetics preclude you to be more than likely stupider than others is a fairly racist point of view.
I didn't say it was "all genes". Perhaps you should read what I actually said before "spouting off" and then get back to me.
Poor Asians people tend to have the smartest kids since they pretty much beat their kids into being at the top of the class. Wealthier Asians tend to be more Americanized and dont beat on their kids as much, but their kids do well anyway.
Graduating high school has nothing to do with intelligence, so it's irrelevant in this conversation. We're not talking about graduating with honors or high GPAs and advanced classes. We're simply talking about not dropping out before you finish. The only things that matter are work ethic and priorities.
IQ test really does not mean anything. IQ test is more a device developed to test the ability to learn in a western educational system. The test is actually a poor measure of intelligence. Intelligence itself is not very well defined either and not understood completely. So you can generally disregard IQ tests and notions of intelligence. Not to say that there isn't a correlation between high IQ scores and intelligence, but only within the type of intelligence they measure.
It's really clear to me that the most significant factor aside from culture is NUTRITION. Blacks are much less well nourished than other races in this country, and nutrition is extremely important when the brain is developing in the womb and during childhood. That's hardly ever talked about because it's extremely politically incorrect. Just try to tell a family that the fast food or vegan diet they're forcing on their kids will result in lower intelligence, and they'll probably go off about "telling them how to raise their kids".
The society pushes African American kids to only focus on sports. Maaaaaybe 1-2% of the kids will make it pro, but the rest are fucked since they only know how to play sports.
And then like a large number of the ones who do make it pro have no idea how to handle $$$, piss it all away and they go broke by the time they are 40-50 after a hard career. It's just another form of slavery.
The poorer kids fall behind more and more each year, while those with money push forward a bit each year. At the end of 12 years, the differences are massive.
self-imposed slavery, if you put it like that.
That might very well be a factor, but what makes you think that genetics does not also play a role? We know that people of different races have slightly different genetic characteristics and that different groups of people continued to evolve slightly after they split off from one another tens of thousands of years ago. Given that, doesn't it seem logical that some groups might be more predisposed to a higher or lower amount of intelligence than others? Ashkenazi Jews, for example, tend to have the highest average IQs.
Ashkenazi Jews, for example, tend to have the highest average IQs.
Here are some articles I found at VDare.com about IQ and the racial IQ gaps that may be of interest. I don't vouch for any of this material nor am I saying that I think it's correct. Rather, it just might make for interesting reading for people who are interested in the subject.