@cicerone imposter,
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I don't give that much credence to any race that seems to show a high degree of education.
Neither do I, Ci. We are one species and intelligence or lack of is spread evenly throughout our breed.
My university give mathematical and physics test in Africa, Asia, Europe and throughout the Americas. Those who score the highest are given an annual stipend and an apartment as a lure and added benefit to come to the US. Many of these students never return home, but stay in the US. They on the whole make valuable contributing citizens and their offspring benefit from their parents. It is a myth that Asians are more intelligent than other ethnics. It is fair to say some groups strive harder (Asian tiger mom) if they have a goal to shoot for. In the case of immigrants,America is the land of opportunity from their many stressful poverty-ridden countries.
African Americans have a legacy of slavery, a mental brainwashing that is slowly being cast aside. We have many African Americans along with Africans that attend our Universities that is not a result of Affirmative Action. For generations, African-American parents have told their children that the surest path to professional advancement and to distinguish themselves in racist America is via a college education. Ph.Ds in the pure scientists have intensified within the black community. The black environment is still rife with drugs, illegal guns, black-on-black crime and too many African Americans along with Latinos in jail, but that's a distraction from the real work and progress being made within that community.
There is a growing Latino communiy of academics among us and as we see them emerge it reminds us that soon, very soon, America will have a majority minority, especially by 2040....we see this trend already by the Spanish language along side English menus.
There was a time in American history when Blacks were not allowed to be taught. When they were allow to get an education, it was an inferior one. Progression has been conspicuously slow within the confines of Institutionalizd racism which describes any kind of system of inequality based on race. It can occur in institutions such as public government bodies, private business, etc. Blacks have had an even greater challenge to prove themselves to be just as intelligent as others because American society stereotypes and devalues them as a people.
Europeans Jews have also had a particular hard row to hoe. Many Ignoramuses still claim "Jews killed Jesus." The truth is under Roman rule, Jews had no power to kill and the order came from Pilate. Be that as it may, in the past in Poland, on Good Friday, it wasn't safe for a Jew to be seen on the streets for he would feel the wrath of the Catholic Polish people. The Jews made themselves useful by getting an education, doctors, etc and having an occupation that would benefit their Gentile neighbors, they survived through some very harsh times in Europe where they were thought to be second class citizens. In my opinion, there has to be a strong motivating factor for one to pursue an education; sometimes it's the parents, and sometimes it's our own determined initiative that propels us forward.
In every ethnic group one will find those who will make a difference, stand out above others intellectually, and in every ethnic group there will be those who lack the get-up-and-go drive; they're content to not make waves and let life pass them by.
