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Totally agree race is a social construct. There seem to be open questions which I wouldn't expect if there was strong consensus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by dcow 5y ago
Totally agree race is a social construct.
There seem to be open questions which I wouldn't expect if there was strong consensus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Transracial_Adoption_Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Transracial_Adoption...
There are a lot of “problems” with that study and my intention is not to imply anything by linking it. My point is simply that I don’t think it’s honest to say scientists everywhere agree case closed.
I think a more accurate snapshot of the state of the art is: “the subject is incredibly difficult to study at all because we frankly don't really have a clue how the brain works. It seems there is a blend of both biological and social factors that contribute to a person’s perceived intellectual capacity. Whether any of those (genetic or social) factors are specific to a given race is essentially impossible to discern”.
- jolux 5y agoIt’s perfectly conceivable that social factors contingent on race (and importantly income and wealth background too) could impact IQ though. That is a lot of the argument that racial differences in IQ do not describe biological differences. > Totally agree race is a social construct. Right, and if this is the case, then racial disparities in IQ are describing social differences, not genetic ones, because race is not genetic.