THE BELL CURVE - Intelligence and Class Structure in America - Richard Hernstein and Charles Murray 1994 845 pages (This is an amazing statement) "Inequality of endowments, including intelligence, is a reality. Trying to pretend that inequality does not really exist has led to disaster. Trying to eradicate inequality with artificially manufactured outcomes has led to disaster. It is time for America once again to try living with inequality, as life is lived: understanding that each human being has strengths and weaknesses, qualities we admire and qualities we do not admire, competencies and incompetencies, assets and debits; that the success of each human life is not measured externally but internally; that all of the rewards we can confer on each other, the most precious is a place as a valued fellow citizen." (pp 551-552) Conclusion – The average IQ of an African American is 85 or 1 standard deviation below the average IQ of 100 for a Caucasian American. Many liberals objected to THE BELL CURVE. However one needs to examine the evidence predicted by THE BELL CURVE that African Americans would have trouble advancing. Perhaps training can help. "In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” In the 50 years since that time, U.S. taxpayers have spent over $22 trillion on anti-poverty programs. Adjusted for inflation, this spending (which does not include Social Security or Medicare) is three times the cost of all U.S. military wars since the American Revolution. Yet progress against poverty, as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau, has been minimal, and in terms of President Johnson’s main goal of reducing the “causes” rather than the mere “consequences” of poverty, the War on Poverty has failed completely. In fact, a significant portion of the population is now less capable of self-sufficiency than it was when the War on Poverty began." THE BELL CURVE – on average African Americans have an IQ of 85. Regardless of definition or methodology the predictive results are that on average, African Americans, will not do as well on things requiring mental abilities. This has proven to be true. What other group continues to need some much additional help? Everywhere one looks African Americans do not do as well on things that require mental abilities. **The results stated in THE BELL CURVE are statistical and imply ON AVERAGE. Some African Americans will do well in activities that require mental abilities. Perhaps training can help. With Johnson’s Great Society, the US has spend over $21 trillion on trying to elevate the life conditions of African Americans. As predicted by The Bell Curve, this massive spending has done little to lift African Americans up. African Americans continue to need help in almost every aspect of life A good exercise is to look at life in Africa today. It is little changed from 50 years ago. The last country to renounce “slavery” was Mauritanis (1981), in Africa. However, slavery is still a way of life for tens of millions of Africans, with the strong subjugating the weak. 1. The Bell Curve 2. Spending $21 trillion has had little effect 3. Life in Africa resembles life in many African American communities. African Americans have a systemic condition that prevents them from making progress and advancing. When compared against any other genetic group , African Americans from Sub Sahara Africa are the least developed. THE BELL CURVE – on average African Americans have an IQ of 85. There is evidence that this result is genetic and can only be minimally improved by any sort of training or social programs. An an example of African Americans lack of mental acumen is establishing a Federal Holiday - Juneteeth _ that will continue to remind African Americans they were originally slaves, slaves longer than almost any other group.
You make a good point. Whenever the government tries to help, it gets worse. Government should just stop helping.
Fuck you and yours, racist. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-real-problem-with-charles-murray-and-the-bell-curve/ When you die, the average IQ of living whites will increase.