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Subject:Re: "Facts is facts" and IQ tests From:Nora Merhar <merhar -at- ALENA -dot- SWITCH -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 8 Nov 1994 08:48:58 CST
Kill this thread, NOW. There is reliable information to discredit much
of what the authors of THE BELL CURVE have to say about IQ & race & intelligence
Frankly, Mike, I find your comment
"Nevertheless, before I get flamed for posting this information, let me
say that I know several Blacks of extraordinary intelligence and character.
I'd rather be stranded on a desert island with any of those guys than
with many Whites I know."
offensive in and of itself, along the "I'm not prejudiced! Some of my best
friends are..." line. I suggest all this stops before it goes any further.
Nora
merhar -at- alena -dot- switch -dot- rockwell -dot- com
