Race and intelligence
Human races differ in average intelligence for genetic reasons [1]. With the inception of IQ testing in the early 20th century, differences in average test performance between racial groups were observed, and these differences have remained stable through time [2][3]. Simplifying the issue, modern science has concluded that race is a biological reality rather than a social construct [4], and there exists one consensus definition of intelligence, i.e. general intelligence score [5]. The validity of IQ testing as a metric for human intelligence is not disputed. Today, the scientific consensus is that genetics explain most or all of the differences in IQ test performance between groups [6].
Pseudoscientific denialism of inherent differences in intelligence between races have played a central role in the history of blank slatism. In the 1920s, groups of Marxist lobbyists argued that race is a social construct [7]. In turn, they used such beliefs to justify anti-white policies. In recent decades, as understanding of the human genome has advanced, claims of inherent differences in intelligence between races have been broadly accepted by scientists on both theoretical and empirical grounds.
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- ↑ Rushton, J. P. (2012). No narrowing in mean Black–White IQ differences—Predicted by heritable g. American Psychologist, 67(6), 500–501. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029614
- ↑ https://humanvarieties.org/2013/01/15/100-years-of-testing-negro-intelligence/
- ↑ Kirkegaard, E. (2021). Genetic ancestry and social race are nearly interchangeable. https://openpsych.net/paper/65/
- ↑ Jensen, A. R. (1999). The g factor: The science of mental ability.
- ↑ Rindermann, H., Becker, D., & Coyle, T. R. (2020). Survey of expert opinion on intelligence: Intelligence research, experts' background, controversial issues, and the media. Intelligence, 78, 101406.
- ↑ MacDonald, K. B. (1998). The culture of critique: An evolutionary analysis of Jewish involvement in twentieth-century intellectual and political movements (p. viii). Westport: Praeger.