# Other than IQ, are there any genetically-determined psychological differences between "races"?

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**Created:** [May 28, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-iq-are-there-any-genetically-determined-psychological-differences-between-races/623371 "2012-05-28T20:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-iq-are-there-any-genetically-determined-psychological-differences-between-races/623371/81 "2012-06-24T17:20:13Z")

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> [@New\_Deal\_Democrat](#):
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> The same island contains Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Blacks are 95 percent of Haiti.
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> [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html](https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html)
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> The per capita gross domestic product of Haiti is $1,200.
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> [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html](https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html)
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> Blacks are 11 percent of the Dominican Republic.
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> [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dr.html](https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dr.html)
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> The per capita gross domestic product of the Dominican Republic is $9,300.
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> [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dr.html](https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dr.html)

This post is jaw-droppingly stupid.

You think that only “11%” of all Dominicans are “black”.

I’ll agree that only 11% of all Dominicans consider themselves “black” but the overwhelming majority of Dominicans are as “black” as most African-Americans.

Please explain how you can be so ignorant and hypocritical as to refer to African-Americans as “blacks” or “negroes” but claim that only 11% of all Dominicans are black.

Thanks

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