# Race differences in average IQ are largely genetic **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 27, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-differences-in-average-iq-are-largely-genetic/623236 "2012-05-27T12:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 667
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-differences-in-average-iq-are-largely-genetic/623236/667 "2012-06-21T22:08:56Z")
> [@Chuck11](#): > > I disagree – The OP is in clear agreement with the statement about treating individuals as individuals. Really? Let me give you a couple examples from the Pit Thread: > [@SDMB Bigoted Asshole Omnibus Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bigoted-asshole-omnibus-thread/623489/1500): > > No Negro author compares with Homer, the Greek tragic dramatists, Dante, or Shakespeare, not to mention the giants of Russian literature. So, the OP is pretty much dead set on the idea that even individual “Negro author” could ever possibly accomplish something grand. That’s a pretty broad statement to make about all possible “Negro” individuals and pretty much establishes that the OP equates individual performance with average performance in “Negroes”. Also: > [@SDMB Bigoted Asshole Omnibus Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bigoted-asshole-omnibus-thread/623489/1859): > > Pushkin and Back Obama are mulattoes who owe their high IQ genes to white ancestry. Note that Barack Obama’s father was smart enough to study abroad and pursue graduate studies. Doesn’t sound like the OP really thinks even individual blacks can possibly be intelligent. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-differences-in-average-iq-are-largely-genetic/623236)._