Dear Marley,
Why didn’t you have Chen or Pedant banned? Or me? If we are, as you claim, racists. Perhaps young man, and you are a young man, what you meant to say was, “I have reason to suspect that they, and you, may be racist.”
My dear fellow, I’m not “hinting that Jews and Chinese are smart, and Blacks aren’t.” I don’t “hint.” At my age I don’t have time. I’m trying to STATE, as plainly as possible.
Again, I’m referring to observable data having do to with SAT scores, for example. And earnings. And crime statistics. What percentage of Ashkenazi Jews have been in prison? Have defaulted on their student loans? Score below (insert low #) on their SAT? Earn income below the poverty level? European Whites (non-Jews) are to be found significantly (statistically) below both Jews and Chinese in these measures. And Blacks below Whites. These data are merely empirical. There is not debate about the observations themselves. For example, no one is saying, maybe Blacks are actually the wealthiest group in this country and the IRS is hiding that information. Maybe Blacks are scoring the highest on the SAT and the the College Board is covering it up. No, the DATA represent a reliable and consistent hierarchy: Jews, Chinese, Whites, Blacks. Certain other groups can be reliably placed on these measures. Hispanic Americans tend to group between Whites and Blacks, I believe.
There is debate as to the CAUSE of these data. Some decent and reasonable people, for example you, argue that the causes must be entirely environmental. (I think that is your position, correct me.) Some decent and reasonable people, for example me, are engaged in the nurture vs nature debate.
I really shouldn’t have to spell all this out, again. And if you still think that my failure to provide data for the Ainu proves something, well, maybe you’re quite a bit younger than I thought.
The charge of racism is rather serious, and I’m growing tired of it. Did you know that a specious “racism” charge could result in EEO or other actions in certain workplaces? Being free and frequent with the “racist” smear devalues the word, when real racists need to be identified.
My Black friends and colleagues would laugh at your calling me a racist, and they would immediately understand. They know I’m rather forthright. They and I can discuss racial matters, and joke and laugh about them, much more frankly than you and I.
Actually, I have no doubt, or very little doubt, that if you and I were to meet over a coupla beers (which I have no intention of doing; I’m just saying) we would mutually discover that we are ordinary, decent, reasonable people.
It can be a little difficult to assess people in a forum like this, especially when an old fart like me deliberately eschews PC speech-and-thought, just to see who gets their panties in a wad. And I admit that I do that. It gets the ball moving rather quickly.
Alternatively: if it is your position that anyone who theorizes some “nature” in the nature vs nurture debate, is by definition a racist, then please say so.
Sincerely,
KLR