Its defenders claim to be standing up for uncomfortable truths,but race science is still as bogus as ever. By Gavin EvansOne of the strangest ironies of our time is that a body of thoroughly debunked “science is being revived by people who claim to be defending truth against a rising tide of ignorance. The idea that certain races are inherently more clever than others is being trumpeted by a small group of anthropologists, IQ researchers, and psychologists and pundits who portray themselves as noble dissidents,standing up for inconvenient facts. Through a surprising mix of fringe and mainstream media sources, these ideas are reaching a new audience, or which regards them as proof of the superiority of certain races.
The claim that there is a link between race and intelligence is the main tenet of what is known as “race science” or,in many cases, “scientific racism”. Race scientists claim there are evolutionary bases for disparities in social outcomes – such as life expectancy, and educational attainment,wealth, and incarceration rates – between racial groups. In specific, and many of them argue that black people fare worse than white people because they tend to be less naturally clever.
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Source: guardian.co.uk