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Richwine: the average Nigerian is mentally retarded* [View all] MannyGoldstein May 2013 OP

Wait'll I tell my dad he was scammed for a shit load of money by retards. nt DCKit May 2013 #1

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So you stand with Richwine? brush May 2013 #6

Houston has a pretty good ethnic mix. Here is a list Downwinder May 2013 #11

What list? And what would it prove anyway. IQ tests have cultural biases. nt brush May 2013 #14

Sorry about that. Downwinder May 2013 #19

The Wiki link wouldn't help much either way, since it *starts* by citing two eugenicists. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #12

If you give IQ tests to people in different countries, you get different average scores FarCenter May 2013 #13

iq tests are the bunk. what they measure is your familiarity with and expertise at taking iq-type HiPointDem May 2013 #43

Well, for all the below average, who are above? Aryans? Some Nordic breed? NYC_SKP May 2013 #3

Northeast Asians -- Chinese, Japanese and Koreans FarCenter May 2013 #4

Maybe you don't know but anyone, including other racists, can edit Wikipedia. brush May 2013 #8

What a truly racist piece of shit!! Initech May 2013 #5

Harvard faculty signed off on this "research"? HooptieWagon May 2013 #7

That's what gets me. Ganja Ninja May 2013 #44

He credits Charles Murray as his mentor and editor Beowulf May 2013 #9

Yes, it does. Welcome to DU. nt msanthrope May 2013 #61

wiki has a map from earlier works MisterP May 2013 #10

... A map from a Pioneer Fund board member, and therefore inherently suspect. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #15

That's actually hilarious. SheilaT May 2013 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author defacto7 May 2013 #23

Israelis???? Israelis???? Junkdrawer May 2013 #17

wow... so, then, southmost May 2013 #18

In most things in life, our abilities are highly based on genetics AngryAmish May 2013 #36

+1 HiPointDem May 2013 #46

USA used to say the same thing about E & S Euopeans Anymouse May 2013 #20

Malnutrition is a major problem for sub-saharan Africa. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #21

Think about this Half-Century Man May 2013 #22

Absolutely asinine. defacto7 May 2013 #24

Harvard? ReRe May 2013 #25

I'm a Yale grad... defacto7 May 2013 #28

Hi, I live in New Haven and go to lots of the Ivy games at the Bowl each fall. CTyankee May 2013 #37

I'm sure there have been a lot of changes. defacto7 May 2013 #40

I moved to New Haven in 1985 so I only go back that far. CTyankee May 2013 #49

and vast sums of money there are to be had defacto7 May 2013 #56

a Yale education doesn't hurt... CTyankee May 2013 #57

It's not about the education defacto7 May 2013 #59

very true. My ex husband is a harvard grad and never got over it but could have done CTyankee May 2013 #60

As am I. KamaAina May 2013 #45

Except that's not Richwine, it's the data he was using. Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #26

And in the US since they stopped iodizing salt 30 years ago, especially in noncoastal areas diane in sf May 2013 #32

Did they? Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #33

Uh, I had a hell of a time trying to find Heywood J May 2013 #35

doesn't even make sense. salt corps (& there are just two big ones, i believe) are national, HiPointDem May 2013 #50

I think the brain is far too complex to capture the true nature of a person's capabilities with Flatulo May 2013 #27

hear, hear! defacto7 May 2013 #29

I'd have to disagree Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #31

I was thinking more of the hard sciences like math and physics. Obviously you can teach Flatulo May 2013 #58

You can't teach what isn't innate anyway. Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #62

Then how does that explain how so many fall for Nigerian 419 scams....... Historic NY May 2013 #30

What do you mean "fall for"? I've been notified by top officials Arugula Latte May 2013 #38

IQ measurements are useless across different cultures bhikkhu May 2013 #34

I've been skimming that piece of shit excuse for scholarship and I'm flabbergasted cali May 2013 #39

And some of the people he's citing call for caste systems in other countries, too. Posteritatis May 2013 #54

I wonder how Richwine would do on an IQ test designed by a Nigerian? hobbit709 May 2013 #41

Well, I think the Nigerans that think that people RebelOne May 2013 #42

That study is one of the most offensive things I've ever seen. Sheldon Cooper May 2013 #47

Thanks for qualifying the R-word! KamaAina May 2013 #48

Richwine? More like Two Buck Chuck. Blue Owl May 2013 #51

Is "Sub-Saharan" dog-whistle for dark-skinned? TheDebbieDee May 2013 #52

Yes. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #53

it is the scientifically correct term d_r May 2013 #55