It wasn’t so much pointing out that they score lower, it was the implication that this lower score was due to genetics (unfounded, and he admits it), and the direct statement that BECAUSE of this difference there was really ‘no hope for Africa’.
Unpopular, maybe. But truth nonetheless.
What he said that REALLY got him in trouble is that, in his opinion, because Blacks score lower on I.Q. tests they were incapable of rising from the corruption and poverty and plagues modern day Africa.
Seems logical enough to me. If intelligence is what gets one out of economic straits, then more intelligence increases the likelihood of being freed from poverty and corruption. Conversely, less intelligence reduces that likelihood.
It wasn’t so much pointing out that they score lower, it was the implication that this lower score was due to genetics
I'm always uncomfortable with "implications." Dr. Watson is intelligent enough to express himself clearly if he had a point to make. He doesn't have to rely on vague implications. So I suspect it's just as likely that his "implications" are actually someone else's "inferences." And that is THEIR problem, not his.
... and the direct statement that BECAUSE of this difference there was really ‘no hope for Africa’.
A little strong, perhaps. Hyperbolic? Probably. But certainly reflective of a sentiment, if not an actuality.