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Originally Posted by Chief
Africans are simply raised in a simple and essentially 'stupid' environment with low expectations placed on them since birth. Jews, Asians, rich White kids, etc on the other hand are born into a completely different environment.
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Interesting. John McWhorter (a black professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley) wrote "Losing the Race" (
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books )
His thesis is that black (on the average and regardless of class level) underachievement is due to an "anti-intellectual" environment where someone who seeks to enhance his learning or think critically is deemed as "trying to be white" or being an "Uncle Tom". This is a huge peer disincentive for people to improve themselves. Indeed, there's a huge disparity between IQs of males and females within the black community.