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High school science fair project questioning African American intelligence sparks outrage
Sacramento Bee ^ | 2/10/2018 | Diana Lambert and Anita Chabria

Posted on 02/10/2018 9:06:09 AM PST by vox humana

Students, parents and staff at C.K. McClatchy High School are upset over a science fair project by a student in its elite magnet program that questioned whether certain races of people lack the intelligence to handle the program’s academically challenging coursework.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article199440204.html#storylink=cpy

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: africanamerican; bellcurve; intelligence; iq; racism; science
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To: Bellflower

It’s been a loooonnnnggg time since I studied graphs. It is not adjusted for relative size of each cohort but rather just tries to show where each scatter peaks out. Does that make any sense?


201 posted on 02/12/2018 1:45:50 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: generally

I think most division is based on socioeconomics, and not so much race.


202 posted on 02/12/2018 2:25:51 AM PST by HollyB
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To: Bellflower
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: The Widening Racial Scoring Gap on the SAT College Admissions Test
But there is a major flaw in the thesis that income differences explain the racial gap. Consider these three observable facts from The College Board's 2005 data on the SAT:

• Whites from families with incomes of less than $10,000 had a mean SAT score of 993. This is 129 points higher than the national mean for all blacks.

• Whites from families with incomes below $10,000 had a mean SAT test score that was 61 points higher than blacks whose families had incomes of between $80,000 and $100,000.

• Blacks from families with incomes of more than $100,000 had a mean SAT score that was 85 points below the mean score for whites from all income levels, 139 points below the mean score of whites from families at the same income level, and 10 points below the average score of white students from families whose income was less than $10,000.

This was also noted in the book "The Bell Curve". One presumes that black families with middle class incomes have access to good nutrition
203 posted on 02/12/2018 4:44:00 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Bonemaker

Not really, because I’m not too familiar with graph terms. Apparently you believe that it explains the perfect symmetry of the graph. I’ll have to lookup your terms. Thanks for the answer. :)


204 posted on 02/12/2018 6:43:58 PM PST by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus. He says absolutely amazing things few dare consider.)
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