* …the in-depth research done by Harvard’s admissions department in the 1970s, as summarized in Klitgaard’s “Choosing Elites.” Initially, Harvard figured there were black diamonds in the ghetto rough that they could find. But soon realized there were very, very few black individuals from bad backgrounds who could make it at Harvard, and the ones they did let in had a nasty habit of committing crimes against their fellow students. So Harvard went back to pretty much only admitting Obama-type blacks, which has worked out well for Harvard.
* Ex-Harvard Student Brittany Smith Sentenced to Three Years in Prison: Harvard Crimson
* I was thinking more like guys who would have an 80 IQ but under optimal conditions could have a 110 IQ and be leaders of men with IQ’s of say 120, maybe 125, because of good instincts, presence and attitude. One thing that guys who basically have never spent time socializing with black people don’t get is what I mean by instincts. You’ve mention before how their facile at the kind of small talk that makes girls smile. That’s very true. They also have that sixth sense, like a dog that can smell fear. Which is why they’re so sensitive to white racism, even know. They really can feel how you are receiving them beyond reading body language. How many old black guys have told you apropos of nothing that they miss segregation when they had theirs and we had ours? Three have said that to me, because slight socially awkward moments bother black people A LOT, its totally opposed to their instincts, and that’s what they have to live with now in little ways every day, most of them. Anyhow, I’d be shocked to learn there were shrinking rich white boys at Harvard who didn’t take their lumps and go get their stuff back from the out-of-towners, but I suppose it’s conceivable that they tattle-tailed to Dean Pamperme, and you def have the encyclopedic mind on me, so I’ll trust your recollection. Really though what intrigues or rather almost intrigues me about the issue is a site like thyblackman.com. If only we could teach them to aim at the right targets instead of aiming at their own…the future of the media could maybe become more interesting, I think. Cause they tend not to be scared of smoking Js in public.
* I think your question can be partly resolved by looking at the literature on compensatory education, particularly that targeted on black children. For early childhood the results are variable, and at least one meta-analysis suggests that the best known studies, such as the Abecedarian project, are outliers showing much better outcomes than most of the other projects. I am working on a post about that topic at the moment. For later interventions there are many reported studies, but most of the better evaluations are more guarded about whether there are big effects on intellectual ability. There is also a literature, race aside, about whether more years of schooling in late adolescence have a positive effect on intelligence. Many first class researchers believe that to be the case, but I find the statistical arguments somewhat complex, and I am not yet convinced.
* I believe that IQ research shows that any early IQ gains due to the usual interventions wash out and by the time you are in your late teens, it is fixed for life.
* 50% of the racial gap difference is non-genetic, but no one knows what that means : chance, random, unmeasurable events, even an in utero event. It has nothing to do with talking more to your babbling infant or placing a copy of Shakespeare’s works on the coffee table.
