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Re: Race, intelligence, and anti-racist prejudice
David A. Johns (djohns@grove.ufl.edu)
18 Feb 1995 20:01:50 GMT
In article <3i595l$ibu@news.sas.ab.ca> davidwss@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca () writes:
# David A. Johns (djohns@grove.ufl.edu) wrote:
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# : Oh, poo. Most white Americans are descended from criminals,
# : misfits, and religious fanatics who couldn't survive in their
# : own countries.
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# : Note that this is even more true of Australia, and white
# : Australians still score much higher on IQ tests than Aborigines,
# : who certainly weren't filtered as you think the Africans were.
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# : David Johns
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# If the aborigines designed the IQ tests, who do you think would
# score higher? Who has the higher likelihood of long term survival
# inthe other's native environment? The dominant culture makes up
# the rules, tallies the scores, and declares the winners. Is it
# any surprise who wins?
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# IQ scores are highly suspect as a measure of intelligence.
# (That's a professional opinion; my Ph. D. is in Educational
# Psychology.)
My point exactly.
David Johns
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