Intelligence is Genetic

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Baler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

sounds like it's the dummy's fault for not knowing what a yacht is.

But taking the easy way out and crying racism, unfair, privlege is faster for results than studying and absorbing information that's not about yeezys and crunk.

Well, instead of using biased groups like the socially disadvantaged vs. the rich, try different ones. If you're a Chinese (or French, or whatever) exchange student, you're going to have a harder time than an American when you take an American test right? Even if your English is perfect, there are all sorts of cultural idioms and bits of knowledge that you, as someone from a different culture, simply don't know. You're not stupid because of that, you're just from a different culture.

Now consider how practically different the life of someone growing up in Watts is vs. someone growing up in Atherton (the most expensive zip code in America). It's neither group's fault, and neither group is "better" (unless you think having more possessions makes a person better). They're just different cultures.

The problem is, due to the lack of diversity among people writing these tests, they reflect the culture of one group more than others. That's not in any way saying that the other groups sucks, or should magically know everything the other group know. It's the same as if a bunch of (English-speaking) French people gave tests here: we Americans would do worse not because we suck, but just because our culture is different from the test maker's.