This is a very simple question. One that I have often wondered, though perhaps not in those specific words. My curiosity shall remain it would seem, for this world is either too immature, or too eager to be offended to even consider it a valid question.
Sure, there have been studies that have sought to answer this question in the past. And from what I have read, they consistently show that white people tend to be smarter on average than black people. But each study is followed first by outrage, and then by scrutiny towards the test conditions.
I agree that all studies ought to be scrutinized, especially in this regard. Intelligence in itself is a difficult thing to measure, and the environmental effects on intelligence is an added complication. But it is the unnecessary outrage towards the question that has prevented us from repeating the test under adequate conditions in order to find a reliable answer.
This, I do not understand. Why is it an offensive question to ask? It is a commonly accepted fact that black people are faster runners than white people on average. You need only watch the Olympics to see this demonstrated. Why then do people not cry racism when it is questioned whether there may be a biological disparity between the intelligence of differing races, when it is already accepted that there is such a disparity between physicality and race?
Another thing I find rather funny, is that it's another widely accepted fact that different breeds of dogs have different levels of intelligence on average. Is it not simply common sense then that these varied levels of cognitive function would also apply to a fellow mammalian species- us?
It's all rather ridiculous to me. A lower intelligence does not equate to a lesser person. So why do people act as though asking this question is the same as classifying black people as a sub-human species?
I would love to know the answer to this curiosity of mine, for no reason other than to confirm my own suspicions I suppose. Nevertheless, if you are one of these people who decries any attempt to uncover the truth of this matter, do me a favour;
Shut the fuck up.