It’s a 100% true fact that African Americans are less smart than White Americans, in fact by a significant amount. This is attested by an enormous amount of literature on created by people from all sides of the political spectrum. Now, the causes of the IQ gap are still up for debate. Many believe there are no genetic causes of this disparity. But the difference in average intelligence between blacks and whites is a huge explanatory factor in many different areas of society, from school achievement to crime rates. The left’s refusal to acknowledge the validity of IQ and the racial gaps thereof makes good public policy impossible and reduces the standard of public discourse.
Perhaps, but it did make me realize how white the first film’s cast was, which makes me think they might’ve needed a little push to even consider casting anyone of color in subsequent films.
What exactly does this even mean? If we took all the people whose genetics are predominantly Caucasian, predominantly black African, Asian, Hispanic, etc all across the globe, took all their IQs, and averaged them out, you think there’d be significant differences between the final numbers? The idea of that is frankly absurd to me. Where would you put everyone who’s multiracial, anyway?
Billy Dee Williams was very nearly cast as Han Solo in the first film, so it probably wasn’t just complaints about how white the cast was that got him cast as Lando.
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I know leftists hate white people and dream of a beautiful brown future
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The conflation of democracy with The West will lead us to the abyss as we simultaneously destroy faraway lands in the name of freedom and democracy and then welcome the unwashed masses into our homeland.
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You know what, folks, I think he meant it. :eek:
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Having seen Construct’s crap often enough in the past to expect that he meant it seriously, I was still kinda thrown off by his unironic and approving use of the term “crypto-facism.”
Honestly, I thought that word was only used as bad dialog in movies to signal that a character was an oh-so-earnest young college student with pretensions of political awareness.
You have some temerity to call The Raven a crappy poem, and I am beginning to think that you have the audacity of a fool. You know, one which throws firebrands with no regard, as to what they set on fire.
(especially with reference to a woman) making a pretense of shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring.
“she treated him to a coy smile of invitation”
synonyms: arch, simpering, coquettish, flirtatious, kittenish; More
demure, shy, modest, bashful, reticent, diffident, self-effacing, shrinking, timid
“her coy demeanor is just an act”
antonyms: brazen
reluctant to give details, especially about something regarded as sensitive.
How about pretentious ? Is he trying to be that? Or am I just parroting what I have just read? Like I said, I get confused. UH, how about diametric? OR, hypocritical?
No, Rigamarole, the reason we can’t have a discussion about race is because people who claim to want a discussion say racist things, and then claim that we all secretly agree with them.
Nearly all of us have said that we don’t agree with you. The evidence shows there is no difference in intelligence among the various races. But how can we discuss that with you when you think we’re lying about what we think?
You’ve poisoned the well. Anyone who disagrees with you is lying. That’s what ruins discussions.