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  • Smart People Are Just As Racist As Everyone Else (The First Commandment of Liberal MindThink)

    08/13/2013 7:48:38 PM PDT · by lbryce · 23 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | August 13, 2013 | Joe Terbush
    They just aren't quite so vocal about it, according to one new study. Despite what they may claim, geniuses are no less likely than their denser peers to be racist, according to a new study from the University of Michigan. While intelligent white Americans were more likely to support the ideals of racial tolerance, their subsequent responses to specific, race-based policies did not bear out those claims, the study found. "High-ability whites are less likely to report prejudiced attitudes and more likely to say they support racial integration in principle," said Geoffrey Wodtke, a doctoral candidate in sociology at Michigan...