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Scott Siskind believes scientific racism is “probably partially correct”

10 points| damnyou | 5 years ago |twitter.com

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Khelavaster|5 years ago

Like nearly any wrong idea, scientific racism is probably partially correct.

Bostonian|5 years ago

Siskind is very thoughtful and reads a lot. If, after weighing the evidence, he concluded that some of the white/black difference on IQ tests is probably genetic, that does not make him a bad person or a "white supremacist", unless he has advocated denying civil rights to blacks. He has not done so.

There is much current discussion of how to deal with racial disparities in outcomes in employment and education. What to do about them depends on what factors cause them, which should be studied objectively.

panny|5 years ago

Why is it white supremacy and not Japanese supremacy, since Japanese have the highest average IQ in studies I've seen? White countries all lag behind east Asia.

It is really weird that Scott would be called a racial supremacist for exposing data that puts his race squarely in the middle of the pack.

damnyou|5 years ago

Yes, yes, that's the standard scientific racist line. "Oh we just care about educational outcomes".

damnyou|5 years ago

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AnimalMuppet|5 years ago

Free clue: Calling a place a hellsite does not make your post more persuasive. Quite the opposite. It indicates that you aren't even bothering to try to persuade.