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Category Archives: Blacks
Why Is Africa A Disaster Zone?
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “African hospitals just can’t handle Ebola. And why is Africa so poor? Because of corruption. The brain power is there.” The average IQ in sub-saharan Africa is 70, which alone is enough … Continue reading
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Ferguson’s Unanswered Questions
Heather Mac Donald writes: But the most ubiquitous “Ferguson is racist” meme was the most familiar: the police force is too white. Four of Ferguson’s 53 officers are black. This imbalance must be the result of racism and must itself … Continue reading
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Tribes Have A Different Relationship To The Nation State III
Tribes, be they black or Chinese or Jewish or Nicaraguan, have a different relationship to America. Sometimes tribes can be even more loyal to the nation than the majority population because they want to prove themselves good citizens. German Jews … Continue reading
Every Group Should Have To Make Its Case To Its Host Nation
It’s not unusual for a struggling business to ask all of its employees to make the case for why they should retain their jobs. I think individuals and groups should think the same way about their relationship to their host … Continue reading
I wonder if they would act the same way at BYU or YU or in Hong Kong? All people are the same, right?
Howard University students tend to be well-off compared to most blacks. They are the black elite. Yet they often act like people in Africa. How come when Oriental university students riot in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong, they don’t commit … Continue reading
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Oy Vey and Kaboom – The Wild West
I’m loving Rabbi Einhorn’s 14-part lecture series on the history of Orthodox Jews in Los Angeles. What is his point of view? He says early on in lecture one: “In Los Angeles, it was a collaboration of multiple people, different … Continue reading
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Smart People Can Be Cruel, But Only Smart People Can Create A Good Prosperous Society
Hong Kong has about the highest IQ of any nation, so when they riot, they don’t loot. Same with Japan and Korea. Not so much with African countries and the Philippines, etc. Chaim: “High IQ or not, the Japanese were … Continue reading
Blacks Protest Whites Moving Into Harlem
Are whites allowed to protest when blacks move into their historic neighborhoods? Do only blacks have legitimate interests? Do only whites not have legitimate interests as a group? Notice that as whites move into Harlem, Harlem gets safer. Who would … Continue reading
Adrian Peterson and America’s Multiple Partner Problem
The article never mentions race. As with many social pathologies, the problem it addresses is most acute in black life and least acute among East-Asians. Fundamentally, I blame white racism. Essay: Decades of research has consistently demonstrated that the safest … Continue reading
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Ethiopians Struggle In Israel
Once you understand that the average Israeli Ethiopian IQ is around 63, all their problems become clear. Life is hard for almost everyone with IQs under 90. Ethiopian Jews are not Jewish by genes. They were taken in as “Jews” … Continue reading