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cali

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39. I've been skimming that piece of shit excuse for scholarship and I'm flabbergasted

Mon May 20, 2013, 02:11 PM

May 2013

that it was accepted. It's unbelievable. Richwine, among other contemptible assertions and suggestions, posits that the caste system in India developed out of I.Q. differences.\

And according to asswipe fuckwad, the average intelligence of a citizen of Gabon is below the MR cutoff of 60 at 59.

I hate this repulsive swine, but I don't even have words for the faculty that approved his work.

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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

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #2

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