Caucasians are inherently more intelligent than African Americans

Burden of ProofMy opponent has an odd view of what this debate is about. He basically claims that I have to show that there is some genetic link between race and intelligence. This would lead me to having to defend the absurd position that all whites are smarter than all blacks. As I said, that is clearly not true. The fact of the matter is that races should be looked upon as groups, in the context of this debate. Just as I looked at group A and group B in my last round. Group A, as readers will recall, had an average height that was higher than group B. Even though group B had some members that were taller than some members of group A, group A was still taller, on average. So, we could say that group A was taller than group B. Since my opponent and I agreed that "inherent" means genetic, all I have to do is show that there are genetic influences on these height differences for me to show that group A is "inherently" taller than group B. All I have to do to show that whites are "inherently" smarter than blacks is show that whites are, on average as a group, smarter than blacks, on average as a group, and that there are genetic influences at work here. African ImmigrantsMy opponent makes a few arguments on African Immigrants. First, he says that I cannot explain why African Immigrants do so well. This is not true. As I said, only the smartest Africans immigrate to other countries with better education systems and higher standards of living. My opponent was rather dismissive of this seemingly obvious explanation. He does not explain why he is so dismissive, but he does criticize me for not having a source. In fact, we do know that African nations have very low IQs. In fact, the average IQ in African nations is lower than the average IQ of American blacks [1]. The fact that African nations average such low IQs, while African immigrants achieve so much suggests that only the smartest African people leave their nations to come to the USA. This should make sense. After all, it would only be worth it for a somewhat intelligent person to spend all kinds of money leaving their homeland just to get a good education and occupation. My opponent then tries to conduct a scientific experiment showing that genes don't matter for the white-black IQ gap. Oddly, the only piece of evidence presented here is that blacks are heavily concentrated in the south, which has had more historical injustices. This is an incredibly weak argument. The burden of proof is on my opponent to show that injustices that took place over 50 years ago is holding down black IQ today. Just offering up a map that shows blacks being heavily concentrated in the south is not evidence for my opponent's case. I hope my opponent offers more support for this argument next round. Most of my opponent's argument on this point is based on the fallacy that this debate is about finding a gene that links race and intelligence. As I have explained, races are groups filled with individuals that differ in average intelligence. There are genetic influences on these average differences between these two groups. There is no direct link between race and intelligence. The African American race is just filled with individuals who happen to have a lower average intelligence than the individuals that fill the Caucasian American race. As I showed last round, African Immigrants are less than 2% of the black population. You cannot take out a very smart and small segment of a larger group when looking at group averages. This is a fairly obvious point. Furthermore, if you look at African nations, the average IQ there is even lower than it is in African Americans, as I showed earlier. This would suggest that African immigrants really are the "cream of the crop" from Africa. Flynn EffectMy opponent does not respond to my point on the Flynn Effect. As I have showed in the past, IQ tests are 75% to 85% genetic. The Flynn Effect took place during the 20th century, a time of rapidly increasing living standards. The increase in average IQ test scores can easily be explained by the improving environment helping the 15% to 25% of IQ tests that are not genetic. However, if the white-black IQ gap, which is the topic of this debate, were not genetic, then we would see this gap narrowing. However, over recent decades, it has actually widened slightly. This would suggest that the white-black IQ gap is genetic in origin. The key point here is that the Flynn Effect and the white-black IQ gap are seperate phenomenons. The Flynn Effect is non genetic in origin. The white-black IQ gap is genetic in origin. Arguments my Opponent Dropped My opponent still refuses to adress the MTAS, G-loaded IQ tests, and the heritability of IQ tests. This seems to be based on my opponent's misunderstanding of my burden of proof that is driving his arguments. So, my opponent has basically dropped all of points. I do, however, look forward to him adressing the point on brain size. I look forward to my opponent's response. [1] . http://en.wikipedia.org...