weird racist studies

[Greg Nowell]

Doug, I'm not saying that the weird bell curve is a
good book, I'm saying it doesn't make sense even if its
own premises are accepted.

As for whether the statistical demonstration of a mean
IQ difference by any criterion, race or class, for
example, would justify centuries of abuse, I don't get
that either.  I mean, I would be that the "working
class" and "minimum wage" crowd wouldn't score as high
on most stnadardized tests as the "professionals."  But
that doesn't justify mistreating them.

Dogs are less intelligent than us and that doesn't
justify beating them, either.    So, what I'm trying to
come back to is that it doesn't make sense, any which
way, on *its own terms*.  That's all.  -gn

--
Gregory P. Nowell
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science, Milne 100
State University of New York
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