Race & Ethnicity, Pt. 0.5: IQ & Culture

A predendum. It’s always nice to “make up a word” then Google it and realize 476 other people had the same idea. The old game of Googlewhacking follows the elusive search for two (real) words that result in only one Google hit. Harder than you might think; a search for “reticular thrombosis” (without the quotes) resulted in 74,600 hits, and I have no idea what either of those words mean.

Now that I’m starting to see Google searches leading people to my blog, I’m compelled to further explain my position. When it comes to questions of race and ethnicity, IQ is a fairly “advanced” topic. Not the most important, but it plays a role and is largely ignored. There’s plenty of information out there, but it isn’t covered often and there are no easy answers. Of course, it’s near-impossible to honestly discuss racism without coming off as racist.

I don’t mind being called racist, but I’d like it to be for the right reasons.