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By Luke Ford Dennis refuses to read the 1994 controversial book by Charles Murray and Richard Hernstein, The Bell Curve, which suggests that different intelligence levels are primarily responsible for many of our problems and achievements. Prager says that anyone who believes that blacks have a lower average intelligence is a racist. He was deeply embarrassed to have once had a guest who believed that different races had a different level of average (mean) intelligence. I believe this is an area where people's private views differ from their public ones. I find that in private dialogue, many people believe that blacks, on average, tend to be less intelligent than whites, and that asians and Ashkenazi Jews are more intelligent. Prager is careful in his dealing with inflammatory issues like race. He seems to bend over backwards to be nice to black callers and to not unnecessarily antagonize blacks. Prager takes many calls from angry black listeners who speak with thick urban accents, poor grammar and worse manners. These callers frequently feel oppressed by a racist society. Chris Bolton: "I think the problem is that they stand out more. Because of their speech, often times they can be identified as Black. Since Blacks are more often liberal than not, we may pay closer attention as oppossed to the callers who are the respective host's "Dittoheads" for lack of a better term. On top of this, Blacks are most often poorly educated. "We can argue over whether it's the fault of society for not giving poorer districts enough money, or whether Blacks would rather hit the basketball courts than the books. Because of illegitimacy and fatherless homes the problem is compounded. I think the problem is due more to this "environment" than genetics. "I do think that there ARE more stupid Black callers (percentagewise) as a general rule than Whites. The bright side is is that they are still listening to conservative / moral programs. There still may be hope. I think that we are obligated to be extra patient with them and try to understand why they think they way they do and try to persuade them through patience, longsuffering, kindness and logic." Luke: I agree. CDR replies to Luke's original post: "You owe any grammar and reasoning skills to an educational system that all but ignores poor schools, where most blacks happen attend. "Your reference to the "Bell Curve" is confirmation that you are of an intractably racist mindset. "Your arrogance in claiming to have the only working definition of "intelligence" puts you right into the league or arrogance and self-worship Dennis Prager is in and reveals you to be a self-righteous, arrogant, self-centered, ethnocentric, racist, pigheaded, sanctimonious, ignorant, bigoted bastard. And a fitting representative of the likes of Dennis Prager." LAListener@pacbell.net writes about Luke on alt.radio.talk: "Not only are you an IDIOT, but you are also a RACIST PIG -- you have no idea who is calling - you can't POSSIBLY know the race or ethnicity of a caller by the sound of their voice - for a Jew who claims to study Talmud, you should be ASHAMED of yourself! Your own evil speech goes directly against the Talmud. It's hate mongerers like you who set the climate for the Holocaust." |
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