Racial Differences
Head Start Study Finds Limited Effects, June 9, 2005, Washington Times
Pre-school program for poor kids does little good.
The Price of Acting White, June 7, 2005, Washington Post
Black and Hispanic students who get good grades are unpopular among peers.
Got Milk? Thank Your European Kin, June 3, 2005, Washington Times
Most whites are lactose tolerant. Most non-whites are not.
The Results are In: Fewer Pass TAKS, May 20, 2005, Houston Chronicle
White Houston 10th-graders three times more likely to pass test than blacks and Hispanics.
GATE-Closing Plan Stirs Parental Debate at Lincoln Middle School, May 19, 2005, San Diego Union-Tribune
Hispanic students do poorly at school; their parents demand an end to gifted program.
Lack of Money Is the Root of the Grad Gap, May 19, 2005, Buffalo News
Black columnist has the racial gap in college graduation rates all figured out.
Minority Youths Self-Esteem Grows, Not Shrinks Over Time, May 17, 2005, EurekAlert
Study in high school shows blacks and Hispanics have highest self-esteem.
U.S. Black Women Have Fewer Bone Fractures, May 16, 2005, Reuters
Study finds black women have stronger bones than white women.
DNAPrint Genomics Forensics Technology Plays Key Role in Murder Case, May 12, 2005, PRNewswire
DNA identification technique shows murder victim was an Indian.
Race-Based Medicine Arrives, May 11, 2005, Forbes
A flood of recent studies shows racial differences in diseases.
Philippe Rushton Haunts Us Still, May 10, 2005, CBC
Journalist doesn’t want debate about race and IQ until the genes are found.
Mixed Roots: Science Looks At Family Trees, May 2, 2005, Christian Science Monitor
DNA testing helps people find out their racial ancestries.
Black-White-East Asian IQ Differences At Least 50% Genetic, April 27, 2005, EurekAlert
Major law journal publishes extensive article by Profs. Rushton and Jensen.
Race Research Moves Cautiously, April 20, 2005, Denver Post
The exploding field of racial differences in disease remains controversial.
Black Women are Less Likely Than Whites to Seek Information on Genetic Breast Cancer, April 14, 2005, AP
Blacks’ failure to seek preventive care may explain racial health gaps.
NCI Studies Examine Racial Disparity in Survival Among Patients With Endometrial Cancer, April 7, 2005, National Cancer Institute Press Release
Studies find racial differences in susceptibility to two types of cancer.
Uproar Over Alhambra Student’s Newspaper Column on Hispanics, April 1, 2005, AP
Asian mentioned Hispanics didn’t do as well at school as Asians.
American Indians Look to DNA Tests to Prove Heritage, March 28, 2005, Reuters
DNA test can tell if you’re entitled to casino profits.
A Gardener of Color In a Mostly White World, March 18, 2005, Washington Post
It’s lonely being a black gardener.
Most Men’s NCAA Tourney Teams Failed To Reach 50 Percent Graduation Rate, March 17, 2005, AP
Two universities didn’t graduate a single basketball player last year.
How Horrors of the Plague Made Europe Safer from Aids Scourge, March 17, 2005, Times (London)
The bubonic plague may have given whites a genetic resistance to the AIDS virus.
New York Teen Wins Intel Science Contest, March 16, 2005, AP
Eight of ten winners of a national high school science competition were white.
Black Men’s Death Rate Exceeds That of Whites, March 10, 2005, AP
Study shows racial disparities in death rates have increased since 1960.
Parents Protest Magnet Makeup, March 10, 2005, Washington Post
School board promises to increase percentage of blacks classified as “gifted” following protest.
Turnout Skews Juries’ Makeup, March 7, 2005, Houston Chronicle
Whites in Texas county are up to seven times more likely to show up for jury duty than non-whites.
A Place for Race in Medicine?, March 3, 2005, Christian Science Monitor
Medical research is proving that the races differ genetically.
Leave Ghetto Ways Behind, February 22, 2005, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Moving to the suburbs doesn’t change black behavior.
Gene Researchers Find Variations by Ancestry, February 18, 2005, San José Mercury News
Researchers publish first comprehensive map of ethnic genetic differences.
Former Teacher Gets Two to Five Years in Prison, February 15, 2005, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Lawyer explains blacks’ “different moral code” to defend black teacher who had sex with students.
Mapping The Unmentionable: Race and Crime, February 14, 2005, VDARE.com
Steve Sailer reviews rates of imprisonment by race.
How Race Affects Your Health, February 4, 2005, Newsweek
American Lung Association reports on racial differences in disease rates.
Against the Odds, February 1, 2005, AP
Successful bone marrow transplants require recipient and donor to be of the same race.
Racial Groupings Match Genetic Profiles, Stanford Study Finds, January 31, 2005, EurekAlert
Geneticist finds racial classifications correspond to genetic differences.
Hypertension Risk In African-Americans Linked To Genetics, Stanford Study Finds, January 25, 2005, Stanford University School of Medicine Press Release
Medical researchers find areas in genome of blacks that raise risk of high blood pressure.
Authors Warn Of Inaccuracies Concerning Use Of Race In Health & Social Science Research, January 18, 2005, American Psychological Association Press Release
Issue of American Psychologist on race and genetics will contain two race realist papers.
U.S. Finds Gaping Racial Disparities in Public Health, January 17, 2005, Reuters
Unhealthy diet, smoking, lack of exercise, and poor health care blamed for bad black health.
‘India, China May Outshine US by 2020’, January 14, 2005, Times of India
The CIA thinks this may be the Asian century.
Press Image of Gun Owner Not Far Off, Except for All Those Women, January 4, 2005, Editor and Publisher
Whites are almost twice as likely as blacks to own guns.
Case Reflects Influence Ethnic Differences Have on Genetic Medicine, December 31, 2004, Knight Ridder
Disease diagnosis that works on whites fails with Chinese because of genetic differences.
DNA Clears the Fog Over Latino Links to Judaism in New Mexico, December 7, 2004, Los Angeles Times
DNA testing proves many Hispanics in the Southwest are Jews who fled the Inquisition.
Major Breakthrough in Search for Bike Path Rapist, December 2, 2004, WIVB-TV (Buffalo)
DNA markers identify the race of a mystery rapist in Buffalo.
Endurance Running Is In East Africans’ Genes, December 1, 2004, New Scientist
Scientists link Ethiopian running prowess to specific genes.
Black Players In Particular Should Heed Stern Warning, November 24, 2004, Kansas City Star
Black columnist says civility is a white standard that black basketball players must obey.
The Swelling Wave, November 24, 2004, John Derbyshire, National Review Online
Geneticists are wary of working on projects that involve racial differences.
Ethiopian Jews Still Feel As Though They Don’t Belong, November 17, 2004, Newsday
Blacks in Israel behave a lot like blacks everywhere else.
Drug for Only Blacks Stirs Hope, Concern, November 9, 2004, Los Angeles Times
New study shows that the first racially specific drug really works.
Wife Beating: An Arab How-To, November 5, 2004, FrontPage magazine.com
Egyptian professor explains on television how and when to beat one’s wife.
The Pygmies of the Andaman Islands, November 1, 2004, iSteve Web Exclusives Blog
Andamanese women have such large buttocks that they can stand toddlers on them.
How Long You Will Live May Depend On Your Racial Background, November 1, 2004, Times (London)
SW Asians in Britain are 50 percent more likely than average to die from coronary heart disease.
Scientists Warn Of ‘Ethnic Weapons’, October 28, 2004, The Australian (Sydney)
Genetic variations among ethnicities make diseases that target specific groups possible.