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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.

[–]MagicMike[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

A very unpopular researcher in Psychometrics, Dr. Arthur Jensen, concluded that blacks are equal to whites in some specific test subjects but had lower g scores (Spearman’s g) and therefore g heavy subjects like math are very difficult for blacks. They’re brains are not wired for abstract reasoning at the same level as whites and East Asians.

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Which is why they can’t understand murder.