RACE AND INTELLIGENCE
Questions being answered:
Are some races as a whole more clever than others?
Is intelligence pre-determined at birth based on race?
What is the real reason for the bell curve of intelligence?
Are some races as a whole more clever than others?
Is intelligence pre-determined at birth based on race?
What is the real reason for the bell curve of intelligence?
The theory of the bell curve is shown on the right. There are some psychologists that argue there is a relationship between IQ and race strictly based on this bell curve. They argue that if a black person has a high IQ it is because they have many ancestors from European descent which is not true. Read more about the Out of Africa Theory, showing that all humans have some ancestors in Africa. One side argues that the bell curve is proven based on pelvis sizes. They argue on average, since Asians have a bigger pelvis than whites, and whites have a bigger pelvis than blacks, the children of Asians must be born with a bigger brain. Although these ideas make sense to some people there is a more reasonable explanation to why the bell curve is shaped the way it is. The answer is the environment and socio-economic status. Perhaps the reason why the Asian population as a whole is considered smarter than other racial groups is because of their values and upbringings. There is high family value in education in many Asian families. Their motivation to study and their environment has allowed them to have the tools they need to do well. Whereas on the other hand a majority of families who are black do not have the same opportunities, as say the Asian family. This does not mean that all families are the same (just a majority). The opportunity one family has over the other can change the outcome between a test such as IQ scores. Needless to say IQ is not necessarily a test of intelligence. It does not measure things such as wisdom, social intelligence, creativity etc. Just because the bell curve shows that a certain "race" of humans has a better IQ scores as a whole than others, does not mean they are smarter simply based on the genetics of skin color. To learn more about genetics of humans and race click here. The gap between IQ scores has been diminishing over the past couple of years. This is not because people as a race have been getting smarter, it is because they are in an environment that prepares them best to do well on an IQ test. An IQ test is a measure of logic and modernity. The more mindset in a society changes as a whole the smaller the gap will get on the bell curve (Omaar). The more mindset has changed since the past, the less America has dealt with the issue of racism.
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If you are more interested in learning about the in depth concept of IQ and race watch the documentary to the left. Warning: some of the information is not as relevant to modern day, which may help give more insight to what the perception on intelligence and race was in the past.
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Image Citations:
Bell Curve. History of the Jewlluminati Conspiracy How They Wielded The
Illuminati to Rule Over The Earth. FreeWorldAlliance, n.d. Web. 25 May
2014. <http://www.freeworldalliance.net/>.
Video Citations:
Omaar, Rageh, dir. Race and Intelligence : Science's Last Taboo. By
MacBilderburger. YouTube. American Philosophical Society, 10 July 2010.
Web. 20 May 2014. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao8W2tPujeE>.
Bell Curve. History of the Jewlluminati Conspiracy How They Wielded The
Illuminati to Rule Over The Earth. FreeWorldAlliance, n.d. Web. 25 May
2014. <http://www.freeworldalliance.net/>.
Video Citations:
Omaar, Rageh, dir. Race and Intelligence : Science's Last Taboo. By
MacBilderburger. YouTube. American Philosophical Society, 10 July 2010.
Web. 20 May 2014. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao8W2tPujeE>.