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All you've done is restate the original claim without providing evidence that intelligence "doesn't match up" (as you claim) across ethnicities. Generally when
by badRNG 5y ago
All you've done is restate the original claim without providing evidence that intelligence "doesn't match up" (as you claim) across ethnicities.
Generally when pressed, folks who dress up their racism in pseudoscientific language rely on the same small handful of talking points which largely haven't changed since "scientific racism" was mainstream in the 19th century. This started with phrenology, a widespread mainstream pseudoscience not only focused on dehumanizing black people, but also explicitly targeting natives as an apparent attempt to justify otherwise unconscionable public policies of the day. [1]
It's bad enough to hold pseudoscientific beliefs; it's worse if those beliefs originate in a blantant attempt to dehumanize others.
[1] https://pages.vassar.edu/realarchaeology/2017/03/05/phrenology-and-scientific-racism-in-the-19th-century/ https://pages.vassar.edu/realarchaeology/2017/03/05/phrenolo...
- tuesdayrain 5y agoJames Watson had evidence on the subject, he was stripped of his titles and harassed by ideologues who are convinced everyone should be exactly equal. Scientists have realized it's not worth it to sacrifice their career when the general public simply isn't interested in knowing things that might be considered racist.
- badRNG 5y agoJames Watson made many unfounded racist claims that have been completely discredited. The rhetoric surrounding racist pseudoscience mirrors that of the anti-vaccine and climate change denial movements. They point to a discredited "anti-vaxx" doctor or a discredited "climate change denying" researcher and view the criticism of their work as censorship, rather than as a sign they might not be a credible source.
- telesilla 5y agoIn addition to sexism. I read his book Double Helix as a young woman and will never forget passages criticizing Rosalind Franklin's "choice" not to “emphasize her feminine qualities” and her lack of “even a mild interest in clothes.”
- watson_truth 5y agohttp://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/10/james-watson-tells-inconvenient-truth_296.php http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/10/james-watson-tells-inconven... The claims were true in the past, and the evidence has continued to accumulate. Denial of the evidence at this point is just silly.