American Renaissance

Race and Intelligence

The Inequality Taboo, August 26, 2005, Commentary
     Bell Curve author again takes up the subject of race differences in intelligence.

Dropouts a Drain on Economy, August 22, 2005, Washington Times
     New study shows only half of blacks and Hispanics graduate from high school.

Tests Show Proficiency Problems, Achievement Gap, August 22, 2005, AP
     More than half of New Mexico schools do not meet No Child Left Behind requirements.

Students Gain, but Still Lag, August 16, 2005, Los Angeles Times
     No Child Left Behind does not change racial gap in California test scores.

Study Shows Big-Brained People Are Smarter, June 17, 2005, Virginia Commonwealth University Press Release
     J. P. Rushton proved right again.

Local Support Lacking For NCLB, June 1, 2005, Washington Times
     States are reluctant to implement federal plan to close racial achievement gap.

Black-White Achievement Gap Has Stopped Narrowing, April 29, 2005, AScribe Newswire
     By all measures, black-white education gap has increased since 1990.

Nearly Half of Blacks, Latinos Drop Out, School Study Shows, March 25, 2005, Los Angeles Times
     In LA, 39 percent of Hispanics and 47 percent of blacks graduate from high school on time.

Elusive Quest to Boost Minorities in Academia, March 24, 2005, San Francisco Chronicle
     There are only a few black professors because blacks get bad grades in college.

Graduate Race-Divide Getting Worse, February 18, 2005, New York Post
     New York state high school graduation gap increased between 1997 and 2002.

IQ as a Matter of Life, Death, February 4, 2005, Los Angeles Times
     Death penalty decisions: the one time liberals recognize the importance of IQ.

Black Kids Could Reach Higher Goals, January 27, 2005, Los Angeles Daily News
     The racial SAT score gap is not closing.

Black Baby Boomers’ Income Gap Cited, December 17, 2004, Washington Post
     Black-white income gap has not closed over the last 40 years; education gap has grown.

International Test Scores, December 13, 2004, Steve Sailer
     Blacks and Hispanics responsible for American’s poor showing in recent math test.

More Mich. High Schools Fail, December 1, 2004, The Detroit News
     Michigan’s failure rate on No Child Left Behind standards increases to 47 percent.

Math Whiz Breaks Calculation Record, November 24, 2004, AP
     German genius broke record set by Frenchman.

Charter Schools’ Progress Lags, November 23, 2004, Washington Times
     Federal study shows charter schools don’t close the racial gap.

UC to Test Out New SAT Exam, November 22, 2004, Daily Californian (Berkeley)
     University officials are hopeful that dumbed-down SAT test will close racial gaps.

Law-School Racial Disparities, November 15, 2004, Scripps Howard
     Black law students are seven times more likely than whites not to pass the bar exam.

ACT Gap Persists In D.M. District, October 20, 2004, Des Moines Register
     Experts think low self-esteem among non-whites explains racial test gaps.

Study: Recession Widened Racial Wealth Gap, October 18, 2004, AP
     Whites are 14 times wealthier than blacks and 11 times wealthier than Hispanics.

Too Much Reality, October 15, 2004, National Review Online
     The cognitive elite’s feelings of guilt led to the hostility against The Bell Curve.

Good Schools Rated Poorly By No Child Left Behind Regulations, September 7, 2004, Parapundit
     Failure to consider intelligence differences makes NCLB a “massive lie.”

Uncertain Future for African American Progress, August 30, 2004, Science Blog
     Economic and social gaps between whites and blacks continue not to close.

Benedict Fires Professors Bucking Grade Policy, August 23, 2004, AP
     Black college awards freshman grades mostly for effort, not performance.

Solving The African IQ Conundrum : “Winning Personality” Masks Low Scores, August 13, 2004, VDARE.com
     How can people with an average IQ of 70 function at all?

FTC: 1 In 10 Fall For Fraud, August 9, 2004, CNN/Money
     Blacks and Hispanics more than twice as likely as whites to be fraud victims.

Dems Score With Blacks as GOP Forfeits the Game, August 2, 2004, WSJ OpinionJournal
     Unfair political ads directed at blacks are highly effective.

Belief In Hell Boosts Economic Growth, Fed Says, July 29, 2004, MSNBC
     Economists resort to an absurd theory to explain why whites are richer than other races.