'black people are less intelligent than white people'.....

[morryah]

DNA pioneer James Watson is blacker than he thought
The genome of James Watson
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So the conclusion is that if he was fully white he wouldn't say stupid racist comments?

Makes no sense, it's all circular.

[grandad]

Having worked in a predominantly black environment during the time I spent in the US I know the title of this thread to be worthless and stupid. I had not bothered to comment on it till now.

If anything, the opposite is true. Black people are smarter than white people.

I always suspected this, but my opinion was confirmed by the story in yesterday's Sunday Tribune. The Dept of justice tried to deport 300 Nigerians back to Africa, but only managed to put nine of them on the plane. Now who are the idiots?

kim chi
No doubt they were well advised by members of the (integration industry) on how not to get deported.!!

Is Mise
Grandad

[uriah]

They are talking about it on Newstalk. The guy they have on is saying this par for the course with Watson, that he has a record of shooting his mouth off. He also referred to previous comments he made about women scientists!

I'd say he'd feel right at home on Newstalk, then.

[Eire1976]

As a person who has lived amonst black people in every day life for 22 years I can tell you that this might be true but the basis of it needs to be understood so that it's not seen as a mocking matter.

WE have thousands of years of organised education system in our society. The Black nations generally don't.

That is what divides us, our ethos on learning is totally different to theirs.

We've knowsn that Education is power for centuries but they have stuck to old ways until 100 years ago or less.

One day they will catch up.

[Capt Blah]

“people who have to deal with black employees find this not true”

The above statement is a prime example of Watson going too far.

As far as I am aware he lost his job (etc.) and the journal (Nature, I think) which published the piece retracted and apologised.

This all happened a while ago - not sure why the issue has resurfaced now.

The pity of all this is that a genuine issue for science is at stake. If we take seriously the theory that different populations faced different survival challenges, leading to the evolution of different traits, then we should be able to conduct serious research into those traits across different racial groups without being branded "racist."

Some traits are easily indexed, for example "long neck" or "tallness" and may be compared with ease. Others are more challenging, for example "athleticism" or "perception" or "intelligence." To measure these more challenging traits it is necessary to decide on a suitable index which will always raise the issue of a particular test favouring one population over another. This is sometimes referred to as a test being "culturally loaded."

Despite the above complication it is true that Asians tend to do better than whites on standardised IQ tests, whilst blacks tend to do less well than whites or Asians. This should lead to some serious research - regrettably it has not.

Further serious research might teach us something new about evolution or help us to improve the cross-cultural application of IQ testing. These opportunities have been lost in the easy knee-jerk calls of "racism" and Watson's foolish comments about the workplace.

[dónal na geallaí]

My twin sons were delivered by a black man way back in 1990.It was quite a tricky delivery,but he just took charge at the end - first guy was forceps.The second was a breach,but they were both fine.Four minutes between them,what a man!

I still have racist thoughts,sexist too! But lets get real here folks,this crap about IQ etc is just that.I try every day to remember that man,even if I don't always succeed.

[yellowfish]

My twin sons were delivered by a black man way back in 1990.It was quite a tricky delivery,but he just took charge at the end - first guy was forceps.The second was a breach,but they were both fine.Four minutes between them,what a man!

I still have racist thoughts,sexist too! But lets get real here folks,this crap about IQ etc is just that.I try every day to remember that man,even if I don't always succeed.

My sons life was saved by a black doctor who rushed up from A And E to assist when the consultant on call couldn't be woken! We were lucky to avoid brain damage as my boy was blue when he arrived. I have never been so terrified and close to losing it and then relieved and grateful in the space of 30 seconds before or since..
I suppose this proves they are less intelligent, because that's a realy crap way to run a race war.- Maybe their was a memo and he didn't get it, I don't remember getting mine either.

[Incitatus]

"I'm not a racist but they are animals, half-caste, engaged in a race war, blah blah"
I've given up hoping that a thread such as this would be considered too low life to be politely declined space on this forum but can it at least put in the zoo?

+1
I believe The Onion may have touched upon some of the worries expressed earlier with their ‘Southern Whites Fear Integration May Taint Purity of Redneck Troglodytes’ headline.

[Marcella]

This demonstrates very vividly that racism is not the sole preserve of the uneducated, for that reason I find it both sickening and very worrying.

[Canniffe]

The poverty that many black people find themselves is the main cause of their poorer results. They don't have a culture of learning which leads to lower education attainment. Culture is key here not genetics.