Posted on 01/28/2007 4:43:35 AM PST by Pharmboy
I stopped reading right there.
She is industrial strength wrong on this point - out of ignorance, shoddy research, or simply a desire to do a hit piece on America.
Light skinned as always been preferable to dark in many other cultures. For a start, she can hop over the border and do some "research" in Mexico.
Hersch said her findings, which will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science next month in San Francisco, could support discrimination lawsuits based not on race, but on color.
I should have known this was about money.
No. That is the bastardized understanding that was hyped about the book. They did not say that there was an IQ difference correlated with race. Thier point was far more subtle - that is, that there were racial and ethnic differences in IQ that cannot be entirely explained by environmental factors such as nutrition, social policy, or racism.
It should be noted, however, that key scientists - such as the late Stephen Jay Gould - argued against this book vehemently.
Not to mention the legal system...
Sigh.
Great catch. You followed the money, and found the real agenda. Can you imagine a lawyer holding up a skin tone chart next to his plaintiff, and asking the jury to award based on his match to a lighter or darker color? Are we really that far off into the Twilight Zone at this point?
There is an even larger disparity between "pigmentations" in the countries from which the immigrants come. You see very few Mexican soap opera star types sneaking across the border or lurking at home depot looking for work. Latin America is outsourcing their color problem to the USA.
Finally, I understand why dark-skinned Oprah Winfrey is so poor.
Mike D. and aculeus both hit the bullseye!
Well in that case, why are we letting dark complexioned people immigrate into our country?
This is just like the old Garrit Morris SNL skit where they discussced the same issue.
These scientists were PAID to have the same result as a comedy skit.
I agree. The findings are worthless until she controls for IQ.
BS. Its unlikely any study found that because theyd have to verify their income in their home country first. This is typical NYT misreporting.
More likely, these people were always higher income earners since light skin is nearly universally valued. Any biological tendencies for that aside, the US is the one of the least prejudiced places in that regard.
Liberals are more racist because they think they've got a "pass."
Yep--and the most important thing for these *sswipes is to attack this country, on every front, at every hour of the day and night without let up. This, the greatest country that has ever been.
Other reasons for darker-skinned people to have lower incomes:
1) Culture does not encourage higher education.
2) Living in insulated communities.
3) Avoidance of integration.
4) Self segregation for religious reasons.
5) Lack of English language skills.
6) Cultural emphasis on non-intellectual forms of employment.
7) Arranged marriage.
8) Residency in poorer States.
Well done.
I'm afraid they only controlled for variables that would not interfere with their agenda.
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