[lbo-talk] 'American kids, dumber than dirt'

[Jordan Hayes]

I'm not sure I want to bring this up again, but I looked through the 
archives to find a representative idea of the current position.  I think 
this is probably it:

B. said:


> Just recently James Watson came out again saying
> blacks have lower IQs than whites. It just never
> stops, that sort of garbage.

Sandy Harris said:


> That's because it is true, at least for the standard tests
> applied to US school kids.

John Thornton said:


> No it is not true and you're putting words in Watson's
> mouth to make him more palatable than he is.

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While looking for something else, I came across this pretty well (I say 
that as someone without a dog in this, uh, race) researched and 
articulated blog entry at what looks like a pretty decent place where 
genetics folks hang out.

http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/10/james-watson-tells-inconvenient-truth_296.php

Whether Watson is a "racist" or not, I'd urge the interested to take a 
look at this for much more thorough coverage of the issue than I was 
able to find in the media or on lbo-talk ... after reading it and 
thinking about it, I'd say that all three posters above are mistaken.

/jordan