I read this on a Usenet newsgroup:

Are some races less intelligent than others? Doesn’t matter to me. But, if someone, Black, White, or Asian, fails to make it into med school, qualify as a journeyman electrician, or flunks out of high school, simply because they couldn’t make the grade, I would prefer that they own up to the real reason, whatever that reason might be, rather than try to push the blame off on someone else.

As for racial differences, I don’t have a problem recognizing that as an American of European origin, I am likely to be taller than a pygmy, shorter than a Watusi, and on average, not as intelligent as an Ashkenazic Jew or East Asian. Just the way that nature rolled the dice. I’m also not as strong as a chimpanzee, can’t swim like a fish, and can’t catch mice as well as my cat. Genetics! It’s frustrating, but I am what I am.

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