Moonlapse said:
It's actually agreed by most anthropologists that there are 3 distinct races. The Negroids, Mongoloids and Caucasians. There were actually wondering whether to lump the aborigines that live here in Australia into another seperate race, but I'm not sure how that's faring. I'm no biologist, but from an ordinary person's viewpoint, it's quite obvious that the distinct trademarks between some 'groups' of people are not solely cultural - to suggest as such is absurdity. I also recall reading up on how during a widescale survey it was revelead that the Negroids had a lower average IQ than other races. I'm not sure about the validty of the survey, so I'll have to re-read it. I suggested however that the lower average IQ was a hereditary factor, as it still applied to negroids raised in caucasian cultures/families.
@deliverance: No, not on this forum. Try 'Seriously Off-topic'. They welcome it.
Hi Moonlapse nice to met you after all these years. I don't live in Aulstralia but I would love to visit "down under" where it must be warmer than New York, USA this month.
Calling blacks, or African Americans in this country "negroids" would not get you any "politically correct" points here in the USA, btw.
The whole argument that "negroids" have a lower IQ has been disproven eons ago. In fact, Nazi Germany had their scientists doing the same "research" to rationalize the holocoust.
In fact IQ means nothing these days so much as life experience,psychological stability, learning disabilities, and family income,family stability and abuse in the household, and quality of education depending on how much you area code spends on education.
Trying to rationalize intellgence, and civil rights by way of IQ means nothing and is very dangerous indeed.
There is a book about the inqualities in the education system here in the USA called "Savage Inequalities" by Jonathan Kozol.
Your theory of inherited ignorance by way of race is a dangerous concept indeed. I've heard much about the struggle of the Aborigines down under, it is no coincidence that these outdated, disproven IQ tests are used to discredit civil and human rights of indiginous people of colour worldwide.
Also, to say that people of mixed race, or multicultural backrounds and those brought up by Caucasions are "smarter" or "dumber" makes no sense either.
At least here in the USA, so much MORE is factored into intelligence or "inherited IQ". Alot in life is learned, only a few things in life are instinctual.
Mental illness, ,learning disabilities, socialogical backrounds, educational opprotunities, economic backrounds (class) factor into learning and "intelligence".
Also, what classifies RACE here in the USA, seems more evolved than in your country or your point of view.
I briefly worked for the census here in the USA. We interviewed people in different regions (in my case NYC) about thier houshold income, and professions.
So many different races are factored into these survey's and there are some whom are problably left out. Hispanics, whites, Pacific Islanders, Asians, blacks, native americans, not to even mentioned nationalities.
Ugh, i'm a liitle disgusted with your rationality of IQ vs. race.