Caucasians are inherently more intelligent than African Americans

***In an effort to save characters, all quotes are in the form of images. Their respective sources are indicated within those images as well. Introduction: Average =/= Inherent “ 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.”?The average American is fatter than the average European. Therefore Americans are inherently fatter than Europeans? genetics of the individual =/= genetics of a race. My opponent needs to prove that IQ is carried by racial genetics, not individual genetics...else how is it inherent to the race? African Americans “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].” My opponent proceeded not to find a source for the assertion that “only the smartest come to America.” The “[1]” you see in my quote of Pro is a source showing that African nations have low IQs, not a source showing that only the smartest come here. My opponent seems to think he’s helping his case by pointing out IQ scores in Africa. However, the reality is that many African countries are in cultural turmoil, political disarray, and domestic inadequacy. The schools are dilapidated and educational resources are scarce. There’s mass starvation, malnutrition and lack of opportunity (1). Only those born into decent living conditions and some money have the ability to travel and succeed. The less fortunate, born into poverty stay there in squandered potential. I don’t know why my opponent thinks it fair, accurate, or sound of mind to take those living in squalor and use their resulting Intelligence Quotients as proof of the innate inferiority of their race. Pointing out the low IQ rates of poverty-stricken Africa would be the cross-racial equivalent of testing all the poor and uneducated Caucasians in America and using their inevitable low scores to argue that Caucasians are not intelligent. In order to determine genetics as the principal ruler of IQ, we must first subdue all other variables or points of contention. We must take individuals from Africa and give them the same environment and tools that their Caucasian counterparts were given and then allow their natural abilities to shine through undisrupted. I have understood this necessity for controlled experiment from the very beginning. I gave you cases where the environmental field was level, and showed you that this so-called gap seems to vanish under such conditions. I have showed you that if you take an immigrant from Africa and place him in the United States, he will excel. I have showed you that if you pull a Black American from deteriorated neighborhoods and into an environment of affluence and adequate educational tools, he will succeed. In the face of this IQ fluidity according to environment, it is a difficult assertion to establish that IQ scores are a pure manifestation of innate racial genetics. IQ changes drastically with outside variables. This is a point I will not let my opponent ride roughshod over. Twins Twins are genetically identical human beings sharing 99% of the same genes. If there is a pervasive genetic component of IQ then we should expect to see little to no variability in the IQs of twins raised in separate backgrounds. However, this is consistently not the case. Some studies in which twins were tested in opposite socioeconomic backgrounds yielded opposite IQ scores. The twin from a poorer background scored less than the twin from a more affluent environment. The Flynn Effect “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.” This is false. For what reason or evidence does my opponent suggest the gap would narrow? If the factors of poor environments still hamper the African American race in comparison to other races, then the difference will certainly not reduce. “ 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.” This is also false. My opponent clearly acknowledges that environment plays a role, but now it appears that he wants to diminish that role to a level of insignificance that is completely absurd. The Flynn effect has the power to account for 5 to 25 IQ points (6). This far exceeds the projected gap which is 15 IQ points (Black – 85, White – 100). Changing environments has the power to account for well over 15 IQ points in a controlled experiment. My opponent’s numbers of “15% - 20%” are complete nonsense. I provide you with 2 separate studies in addition to my other quotes proving that environment is powerful. Brain Size This was my opponent’s only attempt to address inherency. However this feeds into the original resolution. The same reasons that we see Blacks on average to score lesser IQs is the one that accounts for brain size. Brain size is not a reflection of inherency, but it is rather a reflection of body proportions. The mass starvation and rampant disease in Africa are the reasons for retarded growth and transitively average smaller brains. In short, brain size is contingent on body size and body aspects. If you take a race who’s majority is in starvation (Africa), expecting them to have average brain sizes equal to the rest of the more affluent worlds is a tremendous feet of unfairness. I believe this quote explains this point excellently. ". In mammals for example, 90% of all variation in brain weight can be explained by variations in body weight (Jerison 1973). Differences in body size are used also to explain why women, on average, have smaller brains than do men (Peters, 1991; Gould, 1981) and why these differences in no way reflect that the level of male intelligence is higher than female intelligence." (8)ConclusionI have proven that Pro’s use of averages, standing alone, says nothing about what is actually genetic. I have proven that environment is larger than genetics in the overall determination of IQ. I have proven that much of Pro’s projections can be attributed to non-inherent influences. I have proven how IQ plummets and rockets depending on external variables like socioeconomic status, quality of education, and availability of tools to build intelligence. It is thus a distortion of reality to assert some races inferior to another because they arbitrarily developed in such a way. We have seen the proof, now it is our burden to decide what is and is not honest in the views proposed. In words of "Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war.” Thank you for reading. Vote CON. 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