But, all things aren’t equal, and The Bell Curve destroys the notion that ethnic groups have equal mean IQs. Asians come out slightly ahead, and blacks come out significantly behind. Plus, it’s genetic. There is overwhelming evidence.
Then why is Asia so poor ? Mexico has a much higher per capita GDP than China. Throw in Hong Kong and Taiwan as an aggregate and the Chinese diaspora is still poorer and always will be.
If you start arguing situationality then you have eliminated your own IQ argument.
Also American’s ethnic groupings are non representative samples, as you should know.
And how much of having a higher IQ relates to culture? It isn’t all genetics and slight variances on average do not even come close to explaining that *vast* differences in outcome. We’re ALL God’s children...I personally have a higher regard for a well spoken and educated black man, I can only imagine some of the BS taken to get there.
Ditto. Both sides of the political spectrum offer false solutions to a problem that is nature caused. Liberals are still going off about "white racism" and "white privilege" holding back the poor and "oppressed" minorities.
Conservatives think that putting these people in "good" schools and showing them the merits of free-market capitalism will convert the class of people who are quite happy to fleece their fellow Americans so they can sit around, get fat, and crank out imbecile after imbecile. Nothing but sterilization will work.
“What is bred in the bone will out.”
~~Old Irish Proverb
For example:
Look at the New York Times section that advertises summer camps. There are camps that **willingly** seek to serve children with the most difficult health, intelectual, and physical challenges. There are also camps for gifted children.
If all education in this nation were privately provided and all government compulsion to attend removed much of the social pathology that we see in the cities would, within two generations, greatly improve.
Dr. Canada, the principal featured in “Waiting for Superman” said, “ It isn't the neighborhood that makes the schools bad. It is the SCHOOLS that make the NEIGHBORHOOD bad!” ( paraphrasing). I believe he is completely correct.
Gee! I wish FR had an edit option. “intellectual” has two Ls!