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...remain disturbed by the authors' attempt to make inferences about native cognitive ability on the basis of IQ scores, and was not convinced by their efforts to do the same. As I reiterated at the debate, I remain firmly committed to our government's responsibility to offer a premier education to all of our nation's youth, but I am an equally strong opponent of affirmative action programs which seek to "level the playing field" after the fact...
...define away differences in IQ between genders, why can't we [do the same for races]," Ho asked...
...also rejected the book's claim that IQ differences are hereditary...
...fact is that educational achievement, not IQ scores, drives socioeconomic success. This is independent of the fact that there are environmental factors to intelligence and, when it comes to each of these factors, inner-city Black children get the shaft. Not to mention the other environmental factors like, family stability," that also impact educational achievement...
...Bell Curve, unlike the melanin theory, does ground itself in unassailable scientific facts (the proven difference in IQ between Blacks and whites). This does not, of course, make it correct...