The fact that The Bell Curve was written by a psychologist and a political scientist does not lend much weight to your already fallacious argument. Race is, after all, a biological distinction between varying peoples--not a psychological or political distinction. A biologist or a geneticist might be more qualified to write a book concerning the existence or non-existence of race. Race is defined as "similar genetic stock." Vague, much? Where do we draw the line? In reality, if you were to take even a visual survey of the people of Africa you would find that various regions share common physical features, …
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Oh. I really dislike the term "African-American." Adding the African seems to imply that I am somehow less American than just an "American." It also implies that being originally from Africa (over 400 years ago, most likely...) plays as much a role in my life as being born and raised in America. In other words, that my "Africaness" is equal to my "Americaness." This is simply not true. If I were to go to Africa I would be totally out of place. The way I speak, think, and act is the result of my very American upbringing. After all, we do …
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I'll start from the bottom and work my way up. I will use the term "race" because it is rather convenient. Just to restate my position, there is no sound, biological reason to believe that race exists on any more than a cultural or historical level. Okay. I would discount Chomsky's opinion if he were discussing matters that had nothing to do with his expertise. For example, in an academic sense a molecular biologist's thoughts on recent economic trends is irrelevant. In a similar example, I'm not going to read a doctoral thesis concerning string theory written by a person who …
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I'd like to begin by saying that based on your comments you appear to be a racist. Racism: 1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race You do mention that culture plays a factor in the characteristics of a given race; but the fact that "people" (not you, of course) have had some negative experiences with "say, blacks" and your keen observation that because blacks have not pulled themselves up from their bootstraps in 160 years time...means that they are some how …
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Simply saying that they are qualified does not make them qualified. It is an important point to make that the writers of a topic be qualified to write about the given topic. Regardless of whether or not I would bring up that point if I agreed with Hernstein's conclusion is irrelevant. I would be wrong not to. Anyway, I would never site examples I did not believe were from valid sources. Why would I allow the person I'm arguing with to do so without calling it out? We were discussing the existence or non existence of race. You stated that modern …
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