Comments on: That dreaded IQ again http://www.bloggernews.net/119812 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Seth Nolan http://www.bloggernews.net/119812#comment-1139324 Seth Nolan Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:32:10 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/119812#comment-1139324 I agree with the author's words 100%, though 0% of it pleases me. I can and will accept this as the truth for now, but do so desperately hope for different results later on in the future. Just because it's this way doesn't mean it has to be that way tomorrow. There are exceptions to the rule. Let's try and make that gap bigger. Women, start caring about something other than shoe-shopping and men, and black people, brush up on your English and try to stay out of prison. Because that bit about African children in third world countries? I know for a fact and first-hand that it's true (sadly). I agree with the author’s words 100%, though 0% of it pleases me. I can and will accept this as the truth for now, but do so desperately hope for different results later on in the future. Just because it’s this way doesn’t mean it has to be that way tomorrow. There are exceptions to the rule. Let’s try and make that gap bigger. Women, start caring about something other than shoe-shopping and men, and black people, brush up on your English and try to stay out of prison. Because that bit about African children in third world countries? I know for a fact and first-hand that it’s true (sadly).

]]> By: Rytch Yunder http://www.bloggernews.net/119812#comment-998269 Rytch Yunder Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:30:42 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/119812#comment-998269 The author's words sound hurtful, but there is a point to them. Anti-racists are fearful that society will make unfair generalizations about innocent individuals based upon the sins of their perceived group; this fear is not unfounded. However, there are good reasons to think that many people of partial or full African origin are not equal to other populations in terms of their intelligence. Why would such a question need to be asked? Well, if it is true, it could dramatically affect policy. Policies that favor people of African decent with higher intelligence would, in the long run, benefit American society. I've met impoverished children in third-world nations who knew more English than black kids from Oakland do. I think the horrors of war and starvation suffered by those populations, many of which include slavery in the last 150 years, should at least be equal to blacks being banned from white schools in SOME parts of the country two generations ago. The writer's comments are harsh, but not racist. We should discuss this topic as a nation. The author’s words sound hurtful, but there is a point to them. Anti-racists are fearful that society will make unfair generalizations about innocent individuals based upon the sins of their perceived group; this fear is not unfounded. However, there are good reasons to think that many people of partial or full African origin are not equal to other populations in terms of their intelligence. Why would such a question need to be asked? Well, if it is true, it could dramatically affect policy. Policies that favor people of African decent with higher intelligence would, in the long run, benefit American society. I’ve met impoverished children in third-world nations who knew more English than black kids from Oakland do. I think the horrors of war and starvation suffered by those populations, many of which include slavery in the last 150 years, should at least be equal to blacks being banned from white schools in SOME parts of the country two generations ago. The writer’s comments are harsh, but not racist. We should discuss this topic as a nation.

]]> By: heart http://www.bloggernews.net/119812#comment-994302 heart Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:54:48 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/119812#comment-994302 I am old enough to remember Gov. Wallace, blocking the doors of some school down south, or was it a College? He wouldn't let blacks in. So we wouldn't let blacks get an education (back then), so it's right to call them dumb? Maybe they are somewhat behind us in education. Well, WHO did that? Them? I think also years before that they weren't *NOT* allowed to learn to read. Do you know about these things? Yes, I suppose it does make one feel better to have someone to put down - to feel "better than"... I am old enough to remember Gov. Wallace, blocking the doors of some school down south, or was it a College?

He wouldn’t let blacks in. So we wouldn’t let blacks get an education (back then), so it’s right to call them dumb? Maybe they are somewhat behind us in education. Well, WHO did that? Them?

I think also years before that they weren’t *NOT* allowed to learn to read. Do you know about these things?

Yes, I suppose it does make one feel better to have someone to put down - to feel “better than”…

]]> By: Sheller http://www.bloggernews.net/119812#comment-994222 Sheller Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:50:13 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/119812#comment-994222 Or perhaps you could believe that the construction of the tests themselves is tainted. Are they written by the most intelligent human beings ever? Top of their class in the universe? No. And measuring male versus female, black versus white, is on its face stupid. That attempting to do such a thing is sexist or racist from the output. Only someone with an agenda would even begin such a task. To what purpose in the enormity of the world situation would someone even believe that it mattered? On the scale of humanity, some are born with more abilities than others. Some develop more abilities through circumstance and/or education/experience. So what's your point? Survival chances, monetary gain in a lifetime, ability to inspire others, right to live, a bigger star on your chest? Offended someone says they are brighter than you? Prove them wrong by what you accomplish or prove them right by the way you live your life. Or perhaps you could believe that the construction of the tests themselves is tainted. Are they written by the most intelligent human beings ever? Top of their class in the universe? No. And measuring male versus female, black versus white, is on its face stupid.

That attempting to do such a thing is sexist or racist from the output. Only someone with an agenda would even begin such a task. To what purpose in the enormity of the world situation would someone even believe that it mattered?

On the scale of humanity, some are born with more abilities than others. Some develop more abilities through circumstance and/or education/experience. So what’s your point?

Survival chances, monetary gain in a lifetime, ability to inspire others, right to live, a bigger star on your chest? Offended someone says they are brighter than you? Prove them wrong by what you accomplish or prove them right by the way you live your life.

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