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[–]TheJoint 4 insightful - 6 fun4 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

Actually it is because traditional IQ tests have partially used identifying established brands to determine IQ. Black people used generics and off brands so they didn't know the established brands. Look up why it is illegal to give black kids IQ tests in California. Radiolab did a podcast on it.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not that I've seen, but isn't IQ based partially on general knowledge, anyway?

[–]TheJoint 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Partially, and they don't fail at that part. They just bomb the part of identifying products thus giving them a terrible IQ score.