I was reading a thread a few pages back, as of this writing, complaining about black hostility. In my limited experience on this board, I've gathered that many here hold strong, non-PC opinions about several issues, one of which is race.
There are several reasons why blacks, on average, have less career success and commit more crime than whites or East Asians. One is appreciably lower IQ, which leads to poorer decisions and lower career potential*. IQ differences in other races are implied when looking at average scores of countries **. Blacks have higher testosterone, which leads to more crime, though produces good qualities as well ***.
The third factor is culture, where with that of American blacks, for instance, discourages or doesn't strongly encourage career success while the opposite takes place in regard to several harmful activities, like single parent birth and crime. When American blacks are encouraged to work hard, it's more likely than other ethnicities to be in endeavors where there's a very small chance of success, like professional sports. The social support for professionally successful blacks, and probably Hispanics and Arabs to a lesser extent, isn't there the same way it is for whites and Asians ****.
[Edit] The problem with trying to change culture are the reasons behind it. You'll notice that people identified with a particular group tend to emphasize activity in areas where that group is perceived as strong, and ****-versa. Without examples, I'm sure most of you can figure out a lot about why certain groups of people do or don't do certain things when you think about it. I've also read and heard of tests showing that people gravitate toward a self-fulfilling prophecy when they're treated a certain way. In other words, if a person or group of people are told that they're dumb, troublemakers, etc., they're more likely to become those things. So, telling blacks for instance that they suck at life and to cut it out could easily make things worse.
Random tidbit: I read in some article a ways back about blacks having a certain allele combination in their DNA that makes them less neurotic (on average, once again) when compared to whites, and in whites when compared to East Asians. This is one non-obvious positive genetic trait of theirs.
I will likely make another thread on a related topic. Now discuss :-)
* http://www.news-medical.net/news/2005/04/26/9530.aspx
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_...lth_of_Nations
*** http://guywhite.wordpress.com/2009/0...ace-and-crime/
**** http://pewresearch.org/pubs/?ChartID=4
There are several reasons why blacks, on average, have less career success and commit more crime than whites or East Asians. One is appreciably lower IQ, which leads to poorer decisions and lower career potential*. IQ differences in other races are implied when looking at average scores of countries **. Blacks have higher testosterone, which leads to more crime, though produces good qualities as well ***.
The third factor is culture, where with that of American blacks, for instance, discourages or doesn't strongly encourage career success while the opposite takes place in regard to several harmful activities, like single parent birth and crime. When American blacks are encouraged to work hard, it's more likely than other ethnicities to be in endeavors where there's a very small chance of success, like professional sports. The social support for professionally successful blacks, and probably Hispanics and Arabs to a lesser extent, isn't there the same way it is for whites and Asians ****.
[Edit] The problem with trying to change culture are the reasons behind it. You'll notice that people identified with a particular group tend to emphasize activity in areas where that group is perceived as strong, and ****-versa. Without examples, I'm sure most of you can figure out a lot about why certain groups of people do or don't do certain things when you think about it. I've also read and heard of tests showing that people gravitate toward a self-fulfilling prophecy when they're treated a certain way. In other words, if a person or group of people are told that they're dumb, troublemakers, etc., they're more likely to become those things. So, telling blacks for instance that they suck at life and to cut it out could easily make things worse.
Random tidbit: I read in some article a ways back about blacks having a certain allele combination in their DNA that makes them less neurotic (on average, once again) when compared to whites, and in whites when compared to East Asians. This is one non-obvious positive genetic trait of theirs.
I will likely make another thread on a related topic. Now discuss :-)
* http://www.news-medical.net/news/2005/04/26/9530.aspx
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_...lth_of_Nations
*** http://guywhite.wordpress.com/2009/0...ace-and-crime/
**** http://pewresearch.org/pubs/?ChartID=4
