<p>And are we just speaking of the US? Become Asians aren’t considered minorities and you should see the lack of opportunities they receive in their countries.</p>
<p>Tiger woods is white, black and asian. Mostly asian.</p>
<p>Quarter black, 1/8 dutch, 1/8 native american.</p>
<p>^IQ is less of a race issue and more of a class issue</p>
<p>Tragedy of Victimization. That and racism hasn’t gone anywhere.</p>
<p>Has anyone noticed that the title of this thread is “Why are most minorities underachieveing?”</p>
<p>^hahahahahahaha</p>
<p>^^ Hahahaha ikr.</p>
<p>Man this is going to be one of those threads that pops up when I google underachieving minorities.</p>
<p>^^^Lol, nice catch. I love how it took 16 pages for someone to notice.</p>
<p>Spelling is a cultural concern. In a recent study, 95% of tweens with cell phones thought lol was in the dictionary.</p>
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Why would you Google that?</p>
<p>^^ This is relevant because?</p>
<p>^ When I’m on my sociology spiel.</p>
<p>Why does my title always have an error? But you guys know what I meant.</p>
<p>Yeah I completely ignored it because the topic was interesting.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, my request for all the ladies to pull their breasts out from a few pages ago, it still stands</p>
<p>Sorry I took so long to answer. Also, I know that we’ve pretty much moved on in this argument, but I wanted to clear a few things up.</p>
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<p>Race is a term motivated by social concerns. It is not a scientific concept. People who’s ancestors grew up in similar environmental conditions exhibit similarities, but they are a result of the environment in which they live. People who’s ancestors came from similar environments, regardless of geographic separation, are more genetically similar than with those who may identify as the same race, but come from different environments. I think you already have some idea of this, so it’s just an issue of semantics. These are environmental differences, not racial ones.</p>
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<p>I don’t think I said anything for or against this. The current scientific consensus is that while intelligence seems to be linked to genetics to a certain degree, no such gene has yet been conclusively linked to intellect, and so any argument based on this is currently inconclusive. You might argue tentatively, for example, that some people who’s ancestors came from similar environments might have a potential at roughly near-equal levels. Potential intelligence, however, is not the same as actual intelligence, which, I think, is more dependent on current environmental factors. Historically speaking, males have been represented in greater numbers than females in higher education. The affluent are also more likely to graduate with a degree than the poor. The same holds true for cultural differences. Even at the personal levels of home environments differences can be found. It is therefore not an issue of “blacks are this way because” or “whites are that way because,” it’s an issue of both personal and structural differences that greatly affect a person’s advantages and disadvantages. And while yes, you might argue that anybody can do anything if they put their mind to it, starting out behind will always make it more difficult.</p>
<p>^^ … :/</p>
<p>I guess noone on here watches Martin Lawrence stand up, hahaha</p>
<p>i wonder how those iqs of black people studies are done.</p>
<p>they drive around in a truck saying “FREE FRIED CHICKEN AND WATERMELON KOOLAID”.</p>
<p>And put people in the truck and drive off.</p>
<p>^ No you’re not</p>