From: Jill014@aol.com
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 02:33:09 -0800 (PST)
To: EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU
Subject: Re: Redlining
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In a message dated 96-12-13 02:36:46 EST, dthorn@gte.net (Dale Thorn) writes:

> Subj:	Re: Redlining
>  Date:	96-12-13 02:36:46 EST
>  From:	dthorn@gte.net (Dale Thorn)
>  Sender:	owner-cypherpunks@toad.com
>  To:	EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU (E. Allen Smith)
>  CC:	cypherpunks@toad.com
>  
>  E. Allen Smith wrote:
>  > From:   IN%"dthorn@gte.net"  "Dale Thorn" 12-DEC-1996 14:56:52.69
>  > >Actually, there is not only good evidence for the environmental
argument,
>  > >but you can reason it out yourself if you give attention to some things
>  > >that don't make it into most discussions on this topic.
>  
>  > Yes, there are strong arguments for the environment being the
determining
>  > factor. there are also strong arguments (such as interracial adoption 
> still
>  > leaving blacks below the average IQ of adopted siblings) for it being 
> genetics.
>  
>  It is possible to understand intelligence as "pattern matching" skills,
>  without having to have attendant math and statistics to define it more
>  precisely or clinically. This understanding (if you have it) is the key
>  to knowing that Black persons do *not* have less IQ than White persons,
>  regardless of the standardized tests.  Something I know about, as I've
>  scored in the top 1/1000 of one percent, etc.
>  

Are you black?