John Harvey wrote: > Well, it's not a major issue, but I too would like to know why certain races > excel in certain areas. Some of it has to be genetic, while some of it could > be environment. Jewish and Asian kids do much better in school than any > other group. Yes, educated families will expose their children to a much wider learning experience and vocabulary that children from poor, uneducated background. In China school kids compete and only the best are allowed to enter into higher education or specialized fields. There is a much greater emphasis on being successful in school, along with a much greater reward to those that do succeed, which provides much greater incentive to be smart and successful in school.
> Is it because of their family structure, or something else? > Blacks are typically at the bottom of this category, but that might be > because of the lack of a strong family unit. Until recently there was very little opportunity for blacks, regardless of intelligence or education, due to discrimination in most workplaces, so blacks look elsewhere for opportunity where they could compete and participate. Sport was one area in which blacks were finally allowed to become successful. Jackie Robinson was the first black allowed to play major league baseball. Jerry LeVias, a football player for the SMU Mustangs in Dallas, Texas, was the first black allow into professional football, so the opportunity for blacks to participate in sports, and enjoy success, has only happened relatively recently. Since blacks were not allowed to participate or compete in the business arena, there was very little incentive to be smart or well educated, as it tended to work against the blank man rather than for him. Only recently have blacks been allow to hold management position as head coaches of professional football or basketball teams or to move above the glass ceiling into upper management positions in Corporate America. Also, most blacks were raised by poor, mostly uneducated parents who never had a chance to travel Europe for example or speak proper English, etc, etc, which is a definite handicap when taking test to measure whether they fall above or below the American norm. Most of the blacks come from families that are living at or below the poverty level, which means they are starting out from a social, economic positions well below the American norm or average. This is a problem or handicap not easily overcome. > I doubt that genetically, > blacks are any less capable of learning that any other group. > > Exactly right. > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OT] Are colored folks genetically dumber? > > >> Sorry, I'm not an expert in physical anatomy, and that question is a >> little to hot to handle. >> > > Come on now, that's just sidestepping the issue that there are differences. > The fact that you may not have vast experience in this particular difference > does not negate the fact that differences exist. > > For instance, what was there not an outcry about the movie title, White Men > Can't Jump? > > -- > Larry Miller > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
