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Re: Redlining
In a message dated 96-12-13 02:36:46 EST, [email protected] (Dale Thorn) writes:
> Subj: Re: Redlining
> Date: 96-12-13 02:36:46 EST
> From: [email protected] (Dale Thorn)
> Sender: [email protected]
> To: [email protected] (E. Allen Smith)
> CC: [email protected]
>
> E. Allen Smith wrote:
> > From: IN%"[email protected]" "Dale Thorn" 12-DEC-1996 14:56:52.69
> > >Actually, there is not only good evidence for the environmental
argument,
> > >but you can reason it out yourself if you give attention to some things
> > >that don't make it into most discussions on this topic.
>
> > Yes, there are strong arguments for the environment being the
determining
> > factor. there are also strong arguments (such as interracial adoption
> still
> > leaving blacks below the average IQ of adopted siblings) for it being
> genetics.
>
> It is possible to understand intelligence as "pattern matching" skills,
> without having to have attendant math and statistics to define it more
> precisely or clinically. This understanding (if you have it) is the key
> to knowing that Black persons do *not* have less IQ than White persons,
> regardless of the standardized tests. Something I know about, as I've
> scored in the top 1/1000 of one percent, etc.
>
Are you black?