[ebfe]

The Naturalization Act of 1790- the first legislation implementing the rules for citizenship- limited immigration to "free white persons of good character". [1] It's revisionist nonsense to say that whiteness is a modern invention.

The point of this is not to establish oneself as better, it's to answer a question that is the backbone for our current social policy.

The underrepresentation of black people among life outcomes that correlate with high intelligence (physicists, CEOs, leading politicians, etc.), and overrepresentation of black people among life outcomes that correlate with low intelligence (prison, death by shooting, etc.) has been accepted as proof that our society is fundamentally opressive, and needs to be torn down. If black people and white people are as groups genetically equal, then this reasoning is perfectly valid- different outcomes would be the result of environmental bias.

If not, however, then no such inference can be made- these disparate outcomes are exactly what you would expect from two disparate groups, even in the absence of any oppression. If this is the case, suddenly teaching black children that white supremacy will limit their ability to succeed in tech, taking medical school slots away from more qualified Asians, and requiring equal proportions of blacks and whites in various positions becomes tremendously harmful.

[1]http://legisworks.org/sal/1/stats/STATUTE-1-Pg103.pdf

[dang]

You've been using HN exclusively to propagate racial and political rhetoric. That's not what this site is for, so what you've been doing is abusive here. Please stop.

There are places on the internet where this war (and it is war, in the sense that politics is war by other means) is welcome; Hacker News is not one of those, so kindly keep your racial passions elsewhere.

The guiding value of this site is intellectual curiosity, and that spirit does not survive five minutes with this stuff. I've noticed that proponents love to speak as if they were the voice of science incarnate, but the truth is that this is politics all the way down, and nasty politics at that.

[partisan]

I really appreciate having your voice in this discussion, dang. I wouldn't want to see the OPs contribution downvoted to oblivion, but I was put off by the lack of contrary viewpoints. I was hoping there would be others bearing the flag of reason.

Regarding having the opinion expressed for all to see instead of hiding or downvoting it, I think having it available proves that racism is alive and well even among the more educated. Some people believe we are in a "post racial" society and that is clearly out of ignorance at the least.