tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post8826173610111875707..comments2023-10-26T02:13:03.378-07:00Comments on Acting White Acting Black: Acting White: Window on America. Dog, The Bounty HunterJames C. Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268279457459050826noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-88698696159162134692007-12-18T08:40:00.000-08:002007-12-18T08:40:00.000-08:00What exactly is IQ? I am seriously asking this que...What exactly is IQ? I am seriously asking this question because I would like to know whether it is based on educational standards (which I suspect it is) and if so what standards? Also, does it take into account lack of educational opportunities even if you were born as 'bright' as the sun? <BR/> <BR/>The person who mentioned the character Forest Gump, may I just pause to add that Forest was mentally retarded 'NOT dumb ass' as you described and being mentally retarded is different from the PC mentally 'challenged', I suspect.<BR/><BR/>I am asking this question because if IQ is based on literacy then it could be a flawed method of measurement.<BR/>There are many illiterates who do very well at making a living and who have a good grasp (understanding) of life itself.<BR/><BR/>So what is IQ and what was the IQ of the person or persons who developed it as well as their educational achievements?<BR/>On what standard is this based? <BR/><BR/>My father's grandfather must have been the exception to the 85% rule. He was illiterate but not 'dumb ass'. He started out selling pottery in a market and would make signs on the undersides to denote the prices. Later, he moved to Bermuda where he became a big hotellier and landowner and was actually a millionaire when he died and never did learn to read or write.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, the recent experiment in Japan with the Chimps have put IQ buffs to shame. It is probably only a matter of time when these Chimps will disprove all these IQ tests and quotients. Then what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-53754655691522097472007-11-15T05:53:00.000-08:002007-11-15T05:53:00.000-08:00Good stuff sir! This whole concept in our communi...Good stuff sir! This whole concept in our community of “acting white”… absolutely absurd!(in most cases) <BR/>I have written something similar on my blog entitled “A “Culture” of Ignorance”. <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/><BR/>D.A.D.D.A. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16786304769694741969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-25454835875172248862007-11-12T03:28:00.000-08:002007-11-12T03:28:00.000-08:00check this interesting article on ChickenBones by ...check this interesting article on ChickenBones by Chinweizu - Comparative Digests<BR/>Racism Arab and European Compared.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Link - http://www.nathanielturner.com/racismarabandeuropeancompare.htmDeocliciano Okssipin Vieira, aka Ochyminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445826442297755219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-70905533574973506432007-11-12T02:08:00.000-08:002007-11-12T02:08:00.000-08:00You always speak my thought and your'e so accurat...You always speak my thought and your'e so accurate ......https://www.blogger.com/profile/05799513708177096594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-77067049107306094892007-11-11T06:18:00.000-08:002007-11-11T06:18:00.000-08:00I find it disturbing that people would go to this ...I find it disturbing that people would go to this length to prove anyone humanity.Deocliciano Okssipin Vieira, aka Ochyminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445826442297755219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-32524343827249786142007-11-10T16:05:00.000-08:002007-11-10T16:05:00.000-08:00Peace,You raise some interesting questions. One o...Peace,<BR/><BR/>You raise some interesting questions. <BR/><BR/>One of my best friends is a hand-to-mouth impoverished white dude. Since we've known each other for years we tend to discuss race rather easily. One of the things that he always tells me is that the only group that white America hates more than blacks is poor whites. "PWT" is the dirty little (poorly kept) secret that tends to distort eugenics-based arguments.<BR/><BR/>Good post.Another Conflict Theoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611335993936210835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-73247397609795108312007-11-10T15:44:00.000-08:002007-11-10T15:44:00.000-08:00Great post, James.I'd just like to add one thing. ...Great post, James.<BR/><BR/>I'd just like to add one thing. The people studying the relation betwen IQ and economic outcomes have looked at dumb white people. You wouldn't know this from the reviews of the book, but most of the the Bell Curve deals with how whites of differing intelligence fair. <BR/><BR/>The main point of the authors, which seems to have gotten lost in all the racial hoopla, was that intelligence matters and that a lot of anti-poverty programs might not work because they don't take into account the fact that a large fraction of every race is just dumb, as you say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com