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lorida
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Yesterday , I was listening to a show on CNN, where they were ripping apart a "racist" nobel prize winner named  Dr watson.

Dr. Watson said that african americans are of lower intelligence than whites. He's being put under a huge amount of pressure to make a more formal apology to the african population as a whole and to his fellow comrades.

That was a very brief background, but here's the whole article;

http://www.thumperscorner.com/discus/messages/179/30644.html?1192728942

Well, everyone thinks he's a terrible man for making such an assumption with only IQ test scores for evidence and it's become a huge deal in the world of science.

Now, maybe I'm a "bad person" for thinking this, but...How the fuck is Dr. Watson racist?

I mean, it's without a doubt a racist thesis, but if he can prove it with scientific fact, is it still racist? If yes, why? For now,  (as far as I understand) it was only a thesis, nothing more. He didn't intend on stirring up as much commotion as he did and that's why he was quick to retract his statement and dish out apologies.

So NS, what do you think?

This has been on my mind all day.
Oct 21 2007 12:16AM
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Sufferboy
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because he was calling the whole race stupid
Oct 21 2007 12:19AM
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Krush
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hi trey
Oct 21 2007 12:35AM
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UNREAL
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hi trey
Oct 21 2007 12:38AM
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TerminatorX
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its racist because most african americans dont get as much education as whites and therefore dont test as well. it doesnt matter what race you are because all humans have brains of similar size.
Oct 21 2007 12:42AM
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JoeTheRipper
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I am half black for a start. Do I think it was a racist statement, yes. Where's his proof to back this theory up. in todays society you can't just go around making statements like that no matter if you were meaning to cause harm or not. however if he did a scientific test to prove this then it would not be racist at all, it would be the truth. But to do this test you couldn't just give them random people iq tests, because that wouldn't prove anything. I think that this test would be impossible to carry out because there are way too many extraneous variables, therfore we will never know which race is more intelligent.

Oct 21 2007 11:35AM
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bigdaddytmac
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Watson is no doubt a genius, but the racist comments made in that article are unscientific at best. I don't think the IQ test scores are really a good indication of intelligence. His statement that black people are unsuccessful in the workplace is pure opinion, with weak direct correlation to actual intelligence anyway.  That leaves his argument that "there is no reason to believe that intelligence would evolve uniformly across the earths geography" or something like that. Wow thats a conclusive statement. His statements amount to racist drivel thinly veiled by an aging scientific legacy.
Oct 21 2007 4:06PM
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.jon
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if anyone states a fact that does not look good for minorities they are considered racist

unless they are a minority stating a fact that does not look good for the majority, then the world MUST adjust everything to help the minorities with their problem

Oct 21 2007 5:51PM
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user098123
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Welcome to the 21st century.
Oct 21 2007 5:53PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Watson's always been a little crazy, hes a firm believer in Earth being seeded by alien life and the inhuman principle of eugenics. No surprise to me, with great genius comes great... idiocy?
Oct 21 2007 5:57PM
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.jon
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or the democratic party

Oct 21 2007 5:59PM
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1080ski
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well doesnt that mean that because they are educated less, than overall they are less intelligent? not saying that they cant be as intelligent but if they are educated less, then maybe they are.
Oct 21 2007 5:59PM
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Sno.
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i got ripped a new asshole in one of my classes for calling blacks "minorities", my black teacher said to use the term "people of color"...i said that implies that im a person of no-color, and I'm not albino. She said i was a smart ass spoiled white chick who was using her white-power to "name" people, and show my superiority.
Oct 21 2007 6:21PM
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user098123
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an IQ test works differently than that. It's like your logical reasoning..you don't need to be highly educated to do well on an IQ test.
Oct 21 2007 6:24PM
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TerminatorX
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hahahaha. using your white power.

but im pretty sure that black is the accepted term these days.
Oct 21 2007 6:28PM
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1080ski
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my bad then, i guess if he has facts to prove it (that arent skewed or misrepresented in any way), cool.
Oct 21 2007 8:24PM
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TheButterHashira
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He sounds pretty sick(bad sick) to me. Eugenics is the counterpart to genocide.

Oct 21 2007 8:50PM
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bigdaddytmac
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Haha the irony  Reverse racism coming from someone who is very concerned about racism, it'll blow your mind.
Oct 21 2007 8:50PM
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