Why do people deny the fact that all races are not equal?

Question

Universities are filled with asians and professinal sports is filled with blacks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_IQ
this article agrees with me.

maybe god wanted it this way.

hateful racism is wrong but god did not create us equal and we should accept that as a fact.

black alliance sumed it up best

Answer 1

I agree with Myriad Soul. The statistics describe minor differences in cognitive and physical ability but do not suggest that any one race is superior. Cultural and societal determinism may factor in but even so, the bottom line is that there's enough mutability within all of us, no matter our origin, to produce exceptions to every stereotype so there's no point in arguing about who is superior at any one task.

"There's just one race and it's the human race" is more than a catchy slogan, it is a fact.

Answer 2

I can't believe you're making me read an article called 'race and IQ'.

But you should read the article more carefully. It says that the underlying assumptions beneath the thesis are 'controversial' (i.e. not proven) - that is, the reliability of IQ tests and the definition of 'race'.

That being as it may, there are still a million complex factors to consider. IQ tests, despite their best intention, really do attempt to measure IQ by observing practical knowledge and experience - thus, they are often rigged to the practical knowledge and experience of the test's creator.

For example, a psychologist will tell you that the ability to perform polyrhythms and the ability to perform arithmetic form in the same part of the mind. Someone who gauges intelligence based on observation of arithmetic ability but not polyrhythmic ability is engaging in cultural bias - as is someone who perceives arithmetic ability as 'better' or 'more significant' than polyrhythmic ability.

Past that (well, including that) you have to consider the cultural importance given to certain activities. If one group of people gives more importance to sport than another, they may be more likely to succeed. Australians are better at the Olympics than countries with a much bigger population, but I don't think that's anything 'innate' about an ethnically heterogeneous country like Australia - just a question of the importance given. Another country may prize academic success more than sports success. That doesn't mean that nobody in that country has the potential to be succesful at sport, just that the deemphasis means people will be less motivated to excel at sport. There are so many criteria to think about that the conclusion you draw is nearly impossible to back up scientifically.

In basketball, height - a genetic trait - is an advantage. Historically, when basketball was played primarily only in the USA, and when those who had genes for tallness were more likely black, you could make that kind of generalisation - not that black people are superior at basketball, but that tall people are, and black people tend to be taller. This is like saying men make better construction workers. Maybe - but only indirectly in that men tend to be physically stronger than women. In any case, now that basketball has spread to the Balkans, we can see that tall people excel at basketball regardless of their colour.

Answer 3

the word race is an antiquated term and inadequately describes a certain group or ethnicity.
what your talking about is a generalization that does not take into account cultural differences and their history.

certain traits or abilities may seem to fit certain ethnicity's but these traits or abilities can be traced back though their individual histories and cultural differences.
Most people in the western world have the ability to achieve whatever they want in life regardless of their ethnicity. Capitalism is the great equalizer or the great divider however you choose to look at it really. It's your choice

Answer 4

Because "equal" is a weasel word with too many meanings, and people don't think about what it means in context.

Obviously the races are not physically equal. Anyone who's watched basketball or athletics can tell you that. But does it matter? Probably not.

Perhaps (although there is controversy here, and for good reason) the races are not intellectually equal. Does it matter? Might do.

But everyone seems to assume, when one questions racial equality, that you are referring to inherent worth; to value as human beings. Are all races equally deserving of human rights and equality of opportunity? Probably. Does it matter? More than the other inequalities, yes.

That's why people deny it. It's because people like you who as "are races equal?", don't actually explain what they mean by "equal".

Answer 5

People of certain groups internalize the stereotypes the dominant culture perpetuates about them. Once they internalize these messages, they are more likely to seek to fit the pattern. Hense, African athletes are very likely to have internalized this belief, as well as people who have helped them along the way to becoming athletes.

On a genetic level, race does not exist in terms of biological determinism. Race, is socially constructed.

Take for instance women athletes. When the feminist movement was pushing for gender equality, the running times for many women athletes suddenly improved fantastically! and when the rubberband effect happened and the feminist movement died down, the running times reflected this and actually regressed a bit to where women weren't running as well.

Math scores are gender segregated in the US showing men with better mathscores en mass than women. In the Icelands i believe it is... grr having a hard time recalling the name of the place from my last sociology course... its been about six months.. but, there is no difference in math scores because the cultural beliefs about gender are a little different.

so, the people are internalizing different messages and it affects their performances.

I'm happy for you that one source agrees with you. Thousands of sociologists who study human social patterns dissagree with you ^_~

Answer 6

people say all races are equal meaning one is not inherently superior to the other. we are all people and have the right to be treated as people; no one should be thought of as a lesser being.

given that, not everyone has equal abilities--even within races. all asians are not cut out to be engineers and every black man does not have the capability to be a star athlete.

Answer 7

Of course humans, dogs, and fish are not equal.

Or were you idiotically judging people's skin colour?

How unsurprising that you are a godspewer. In the fight over slavery in the US, the anti-slavery side was christian, jew, atheist, and other religions and of all colours. The pro slavery side were 100% white christians. That says all that needs to be said about your infantile mentality.

Answer 8

People become that way because society expects/tells them to. Besides that, the cognitive and physical differences are minor.

Answer 9

THOR SAYS "Swedish people are much better at high jump than the rest of the world - it's the truth"

Answer 10

Actually,, we all have the same two parents so we are equal...

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