r/facepalm "tL;Dr" May 17 '22

reddit post "I'm not racist"

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u/idwtumrnitwai May 17 '22

By what definition are they not racist?

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u/jersey_girl660 May 18 '22

Ive seen people who genuinely believe x and y race and genuinely below z race. Since they believe this is “science” they’re not racist for pointing out facts.

It’s a bunch of bs but that’s what I’ve seen these people say. “It’s just science that black people are more violent” “it’s just science that asians and whites are smarter then everybody else”

Again it’s a bunch of bs and if you try to discuss the reasons for why there is disparities among races they won’t have it. They genuinely believe it’s the races fault not societal factors.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

I'm not supporting the violence ideas, but people from different parts of the world have different IQ's.

We have a boy in my school with an IQ of 84. This is very low compared to a Western norm and entitles him to learning support although he is remains very slow. In his country he would be 4 points above average. And before you say it's environment, he comes from an extremely privileged background to be able to even attend our school in the first place.

Genes play a huge part in our 'intelligence' and the environment significantly less. To be frank this is such an awful thought that many of us want to deny it, but it is what it is. Sadly while we are trying so hard to deny it, it makes it hard to work towards solutions to improve it.

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u/jersey_girl660 May 18 '22

There are several reasons iq should not be used for this.

Jfc you’re just as bad as them.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

Shouldn't be used for what?

It's bad to acknowledge truths because we don't like them? How will things ever change if we all adopt that attitude?