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Would you accept a so called "scientific finding" claiming that one race is intelligent than the other or less intelligent than the other as a result of the colour of their skin?
If yes or no what would be your personal reaction to such finding?

2007-10-19 18:49:10 · 30 answers · asked by Rollingstone 1 in Social Science Anthropology

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thats just bull.

to really find that out. you'd have to compare millions of people, head to head.

and even then, what does intelligent define?

i mean, intelligent could be how good you are at math or how well you can farm and make the land provide for you and your family

impossible claim.

2007-10-19 18:57:27 · answer #1 · answered by sunny s 2 · 1 1

Yes. But it's not the result of colour of skin. It's brainsize.
Also beware: races from east-Africa (Kenia, Ehtiopia and Somalia) are as intelligent as Caucasians and maybe Asians. Other parts of Africa, yes.
The guy is not crazy, he is just very intelligent and that means that sometimes you find things that are unheard of but true nevertheless.
At the same time, you can claim that people from races in West/South-Africa could be better equipped for the future than others, simply because we don't know what features will be necessary for survival in the future. At the moment, it seems to be intellence, but this could change all of a sudden. Maybe in the future, advantage is for those with longest legs or something. Also, sexual 'skills' are essential, and have always been (sexual selection)- and that's where Asians are worse off.

2007-10-23 06:54:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

If they put it in the terms of "as a result of the colour of their skin", I would laugh at them.

I would accept a study that stated because of different evolutionary paths taken throughout history, some groups of people had a tendency to be more intelligent then others. To say that those findings were false would be ignorant. Each particular race developed because of their surroundings, their physical environment molded their bodies, and their social structure changed their brain. Stating that all races have an equal probability to be intelligent is similar to saying that all dog breeds are equally intelligent.

2007-10-21 13:03:00 · answer #3 · answered by Content is another word for lazy 2 · 0 0

Absolutely not, it's completely untrue. Every culture and race has its intelligent people and those who are not so intelligent.

I think the level of intelligence for people is partially due to natural ability, and also to environment. If someone who has the potential to be smart grows up with people pushing them to do well in school and impresses upon them the importance of education I think they will probably attain their potential. But how would that same person fair in an environment where education and intelligence are not deemed important at all?

Some people have brought up the fact that some Asian countries have a higher IQ than others. I'm not going to dispute this, I'm sure it's entirely true, but is it really due to the fact that they're just smarter than everyone else or that their parents push them to do well in school and be educated? I don't honestly think there is a race that is smarter than another, I think there are certain cultures where education is highly valued and therefore impressed upon the children, but I don't think their potential to be more intelligent is more than any other race. Besides, how can one race be more intelligent when there is no genetic feature that constitutes race? In an anthropological viewpoint, race does not exist.

2007-10-19 21:11:44 · answer #4 · answered by brenna_mack 3 · 0 1

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2016-05-01 02:16:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

They just rely on statistics and studies of whats happened in the past.

All that happens to 97% of the people is that they are born into a particular family/ race/ culture and never question that muck thats going on around them.

For e.g. black people have traditionally been unsuccesful in a whole lot of areas compared to the same number of white people.

If you are a black person and believes the above - then your life will reflect that.

Anyone can do anything thats been done EVER by anyone as long as there's not something wrong with you physiologically!

Even if there is something wrong with you physically, you can still achieve and do SO SO much - just look around at what disabled people have single handedly acomplished.

Its BS those studies! Total crap!

2007-10-19 19:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by Katie 2 · 0 0

Certain population groups (not necessarily races) do place less value on traditional ivory tower education, which may lead them to seem less intelligent to the general public. They also simply might lack access to such resources. But the idea that one "race" is less intelligent than another is absurd.

2007-10-23 05:43:48 · answer #7 · answered by blakenyp 5 · 0 0

Yes on average it's obviously true. It's well known that OVERALL on average asians have a higher IQ than everyone else. There are various types of intelligences that are not included in a normal IQ test. As far as the types of intelligences that relate to math,science,and economics looking at society and the progress of countrys you see a clear pattern of which groups are the most likely to be smarter. Almost every major country in history as been white or asian. Roman Empire,Greeks,Russians,British,Isreal etc.

This same logic holds true for why 80 percent of the players in the NBA are black. African Americans on average are physically superior. There are a number of reasons for this the main one being the selection process for slaves that took the strongest men because they were the most valuable.

Even with awful test scores and a population that is severely undereducated the United States has managed to prosper economically. The reason is the same as why a McDonalds can be run by people with 70 IQ's. Once the systems and laws are put in place by the very smart people the country basically runs itself through those rules. As workers most people do a singular type job that relates to the overall picture of a company but doesn't require them to know that much.

It's very possible for you to have a low IQ and never even know it because those things are based on combinations of individual aptitudes. You can still do anything you want to do you just have to work a lot harder than the person who picks it up really fast.

2007-10-19 19:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by americababy 2 · 1 2

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2016-11-08 23:58:41 · answer #9 · answered by hohl 4 · 0 0

One study or finding?

No.

There's WAY too much evidence that we're all really the same to take some one finding otherwise seriously.

And it makes no sense that it would in any way be tied to skin color.

I'd assume it was flawed; or possibly that it was picking up other factors than race, such as childhood nutrition and educational and economic deprivation.

2007-10-20 11:10:24 · answer #10 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0 1

I don't believe that if you are born black or white or yellow or whatever that you will automatically be smart or not. However I do believe that being apart of a certain race or culture you are prone to be more or less intelligent only because of the type of environment that you are brought up in is different and has different values.

2007-10-22 06:03:19 · answer #11 · answered by Lola B 2 · 0 1

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