{"id":5702,"date":"2013-05-16T09:26:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T09:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.transversalmedia.eu\/i-have-a-personal-interest-in-this-story-because\/"},"modified":"2013-05-16T09:26:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T09:26:19","slug":"i-have-a-personal-interest-in-this-story-because","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/i-have-a-personal-interest-in-this-story-because\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a personal interest in this story because Jason Richwine was awarded a fellowship from my employer, the American Enterprise Institute, in 2008\u201309, and I reviewed the draft of his dissertation. A rereading of the dissertation last weekend confirmed my recollection that Richwine had meticulously assembled and analyzed the test-score data, which showed exactly what he said they showed: mean IQ-score differences between Latinos and non-Latino whites, found consistently across many datasets and across time after taking factors such as language proficiency and cultural bias into account. I had disagreements then and now about his policy recommendations, but not about the empirical accuracy of his research or the scholarly integrity of the interpretations with which I disagreed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In Defense of Jason Richwine | National Review Online<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember when last week the guy behind the Heritage Foundation report against immigration reform in the US was found to be a proponent of eugenics<\/a>? For those who might not be familiar, The Heritage Foundation released a report claiming that the currently discussed reform would cost the State trillions (I love hyperbolic figures pulled out of white rich dude’s asses, by the way… QUADRILLIONS! QUINTILLIONS! The tomato pickers that have been barely surviving with exploitative labor and yet pumping money into our economy will cost us QUINTILLIONS if we give them dignity in the form of a residence card! IMAGINE THE SOCIAL UPHEAVAL!<\/em> etc). Anyway, I digress\u2026<\/p>\n

Turns out that the author of the inflammatory report was found to be a proponent of eugenics, claiming that non Whites have lower IQs than the White American population. His proposition was that Latin@s should have their IQs tested before being granted any residency status (of course, \u201cdiscarding\u201d those who are below a certain IQ). In 2009, in his Harvard dissertation he wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The statistical construct known as IQ can reliably estimate general mental ability, or intelligence. The average IQ of immigrants in the United States is substantially lower than that of the white native population, and the difference is likely to persist over several generations. The consequences are a lack of socioeconomic assimilation among low-IQ immigrant groups, more underclass behavior, less social trust, and an increase in the proportion of unskilled workers in the American labor market. Selecting high-IQ immigrants would ameliorate these problems in the U.S., while at the same time benefiting smart potential immigrants who lack educational access in their home countries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I won\u2019t waste a second of my time trying to rebuke eugenics ideologies that personally implicate me (after all, I am one of those Latin@s with supposedly low IQs that is about to bring down the demise of the purity of Western White civilization\u2026 and you know what? I hope my \u201cstupid\u201d is contagious and I indeed ruin their purity with my presence but again, I digress). So, rather than trying to unpack his statements which do not deserve an ounce of consideration, I wanted to point out the beginning of the \u201cpolite right wing\u201d circling of the wagons. This is not some Tea Party uncouth histrionics, this is the rich right wing claiming that eugenics deserve to be taken into account and that attacks on these ideas are based on misguided political correctness. The National Review, of course, enlists the apologists<\/a> who begin the above mentioned circling of wagons:<\/p>\n

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I have a personal interest in this story because Jason Richwine was awarded a fellowship from my employer, the American Enterprise Institute, in 2008\u201309, and I reviewed the draft of his dissertation. A rereading of the dissertation last weekend confirmed my recollection that Richwine had meticulously assembled and analyzed the test-score data, which showed exactly what he said they showed: mean IQ-score differences between Latinos and non-Latino whites, found consistently across many datasets and across time after taking factors such as language proficiency and cultural bias into account. I had disagreements then and now about his policy recommendations, but not about the empirical accuracy of his research or the scholarly integrity of the interpretations with which I disagreed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The data sets are correct! These people are indeed stupid! Incidentally, The National Review seems more equal opportunity White Supremacist and brings up the claim that Blacks have even lower IQs so, why miss the opportunity to single out one minority when you can also highlight everyone else\u2019s supposed racial deficiencies in the process?<\/p>\n

To my fellow Latin@s living in the US, I can only offer my sympathy. Here in The Netherlands, the notion that we are deficient and have lower IQs<\/a> has gained mainstream momentum (Ha! we are ahead of the curve in White Supremacist eugenics! talk about being trendsetters). Pretty much like The National Review, in The Netherlands, the claims of lower IQ were also \u201cbacked with scientific data\u201d. We don\u2019t need to look too far away into history to know the kind of people who took a similar approach and made analogous \u201cscientific\u201d claims to create policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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