It is not much of an elephant. Murray looked back at a huge stack of tests and made the only comparison he could. That is the source of the stated difference in IQ bewtween blacks and whites. Sowell once pointed out that Jewish immigrants in early 1900s scored very low on IQ tests, but a generation later scored very high. All it took then was cultural adaptation. What we need is more data on where the actual differences occur now. As the great Ronald Fryer likes to say, "We could test that!"
Gather as much data as you can and make as many comparisons as you can. Rich vs ooor. Two parents vs one. Blacks vs Whites. Male vs Female. Good schools vs bad. Glenn's pretty smart. Probably got an IQ off the charts. John's likely still on the chart, but up there. If the difference shows up as racial we have one thing to address. If it shows up as rich vs poor it is another.
The elephants stampeding all over the place are us all being too damn chicken to face actual facts and solve real problems.
It is not much of an elephant. Murray looked back at a huge stack of tests and made the only comparison he could. That is the source of the stated difference in IQ bewtween blacks and whites. Sowell once pointed out that Jewish immigrants in early 1900s scored very low on IQ tests, but a generation later scored very high. All it took then was cultural adaptation. What we need is more data on where the actual differences occur now. As the great Ronald Fryer likes to say, "We could test that!"
Gather as much data as you can and make as many comparisons as you can. Rich vs ooor. Two parents vs one. Blacks vs Whites. Male vs Female. Good schools vs bad. Glenn's pretty smart. Probably got an IQ off the charts. John's likely still on the chart, but up there. If the difference shows up as racial we have one thing to address. If it shows up as rich vs poor it is another.
The elephants stampeding all over the place are us all being too damn chicken to face actual facts and solve real problems.