Puerto Rico’s population, by and large, does not have the cognitive power to prosper.
Steve Sailer writes: Since then, of course, we’ve seen how wrong the 1936 psychometricians were, as Puerto Ricans have risen high in the ranks of accomplishment in America, such as composing, writing, and choreographing West Side Story.
Oh, wait, you’re telling me West Side Story is by gay Jews? Why wasn’t I informed?
Actually, it turns out that this video clip sums up how much has changed over the last 78 years.
This is not to say that Puerto Ricans in America haven’t made any progress over the many generations. Malloy looks at 45 cognitive studies of Puerto Ricans in America, tosses 15 for methodological problems, and concludes:
The median of 30 studies gives us an IQ of 84.7 for Puerto Rican Americans.
The current average appears to be somewhat higher. The median IQ of 19 samples from the 1930s-1970s is 83.7. The median IQ of 14 samples from the 1980s-2000s is 87.4.
