We know from various studies that those with lower IQs experience less success in life. This includes higher rates of poverty, more unemployment, lower life expectancies and so forth. The correlation between IQ and social problems is consistent for all ethnic groups. Asians, with average IQs of 105, experience lower rates of social problems than European Americans do, who have an average IQ of 100.

PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS:

African Americans, with the lowest average IQ of 85, experience the highest number of social problems. For example:

• Almost 70% of the children of African Americans are born out of wedlock.
• Blacks are four and a half times more likely than Whites to be on welfare.
• More than 35% of all Black men in U.S. Cities are drug or alcohol abusers .
• Blacks are 50 times more likely to have syphilis than Whites .
• 90% of U.S. children with AIDS are Black or Hispanic .
• Blacks have much higher rates of abortions than whites or other minority groups. In 2000, while Blacks made up 17 percent of live births, they made up more than twice that share of abortions (36 percent).
• 46% of inner city Black men between the ages of 16 and 62 are unemployed.

PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY HISPANICS:

Hispanics, with an average IQ of 87, experience higher rates of dysfunction in many areas – for example:

• At 43 percent, the Hispanic illegitimacy rate is twice the White rate
• Hispanic women have abortions at 2.7 times the White rate.
• Hispanics drop out of high school at three times the White rate and twice the Black rate.
• Even third-generation Hispanics drop out of school at a higher rate than Blacks and are less likely to be college graduates.
• The average Hispanic 12th-grader reads and does math at the level of the average White 8th-grader.
• Hispanics are three times more likely than Whites not to have medical insurance, and die from AIDS and tuberculosis at three times the White rate.

THE EFFECT OF IQ ON MINORITY SOCIAL PROBLEMS:

Despite programs such as affirmative action that greatly benefit minorities, such as affirmative action, undesirable differences in behavior remain. Since we know that IQ has a strong correlation with success in society, we would expect that minorities would have more social problems. However, even when taking IQ into consideration, social problems are much greater for minorities. For example, in the chart below, you can see that based on IQ, we would expect that Blacks would be 2.5 times more likely to be incarcerated than Whites. But in fact, Blacks are 6.5 times more likely than whites to be incarcerated, while Hispanics are 3 times more likely!

WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE DIFFERENCES IN BEHAVIOR?

The data on social problems based on race is distressing, because even when Blacks and Hispanics have the same IQs as Whites, they still do not behave like Whites. Their higher rates of living in poverty and going to prison are puzzling, and raise an important question: why do they make these choices in their lives? Some researchers believe that the differences we see in the behavior of different ethnic groups also has a biological basis. These differences may include hormone levels, tendencies toward self discipline and many other things that are related to personality traits and so forth. In fact, numerous studies show that many traits have a strong hereditary basis, such as selfishness, self-esteem, dishonesty and truthfulness. Could there be a genetic basis for why Blacks and Hispanics experience so many more problems in society?

In exploring this issue of human behavior, it is instructive to examine that of man’s best friend; dogs. Like humans, dogs are separated into many different races (or breeds), and all of these go back to the same ancestor a long time ago. In the case of dogs, this ancestor was a wolf, which was tamed about 15,000 years ago. Since that time, many different breeds have emerged, which are so closely related to each other that even geneticists have trouble telling them apart by examining their DNA. However, any dog trainer would laugh if told that the only difference in breeds of dog is the color of their coats. The breeds have very distinctive personalities, and differ widely in their aggression, passivity, loyalty, stoicism, excitability, intelligence and propensity for violence.  For example, Chihuahua is extremely excitable and hyperactive by nature, while Saint Bernards are stable and stoic. Pit Bulls have a natural aggressive tendency toward violence, while Golden Retrievers have a naturally friendly disposition. Since a dog’s distinct personality characteristics are not created by solely by its training, these tendencies must be carried in the structure of its brain. These truths apply to all living beings, humans as well.

Research has shown that these genetic differences in personality and behavior apply to humans as well. One example of an inherited behavioral trait is criminality. Several major studies have shown that the biological children of criminals, even when adopted by non-criminal parents, have much higher rates of criminality than that the adopted children whose genetic parents were law-abiding.

One researcher who has examined ethnic differences in behavior is Michael Levin, Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. Prof. Levin believes that the crime rates, social irresponsibility, lack of foresight, impulsiveness, and general self-centeredness of Black behavior is probably because Blacks have a different inherent capacity and appreciation for morality. In his book, Why Race Matters, Prof. Levin discusses several studies that show blacks are more impulsive or present-oriented than whites. For example, given a choice between a small candy bar today and a big one tomorrow, Black children are more likely than White children to want the small one today.

Prof. Levin proposes that this difference can be explained by the environments in which each ethnic group developed. In a warm climate where food can be gathered year-round, people do not need to develop habits of cooperation and planning in order to get through the winter. On the other hand, in the cold north, it took mutual trust and cooperation for groups of men to bring down large game, and so traits such as responsibility and self-discipline developed along with intelligence.

Climate and terrain may also have influenced mating behavior. Since African women could gather food for themselves and their children even if a mate abandoned them, there was less of a need for men to support their children and stick around. On the other hand, in the frigid north, a man who abandoned his children might well leave no descendants behind who would carry on his genes. This theory is supported by the high rates of illegitimacy, AIDS and STDs found in African populations around the world.

Prof. Levin points out that research has shown moral behavior to be heavily influenced by genes. Since every ethnic group developed in a different environment, it is logical to assume that different races have developed different levels of cooperativeness, aggression, rule-following, and concern with the future.

In Why Race Matters, Prof. Levin provides extensive evidence that Blacks care less about others and worry less about the future, which is shown in virtually every area of behavior. Compared to Whites, Blacks are much less likely to do volunteer work, support charities, donate organs, volunteer as medical test subjects, keep quiet in theaters, recycle trash, save money, exercise or keep houses in good repair. Black mothers are twice as likely as White mothers to smoke, drink, and take drugs during pregnancy, even when doctors tell them not to. Blacks between ages 15 and 24 are ten times as likely to have fatal gun accidents as Whites of the same age even when gun availability is controlled for. This affects education as well, as Black students do not get college grades as good as their SAT scores suggest they should. By White standards, Black behavior is impulsive, shiftless, and inconsiderate.

Prof. Levin believes that compared to Blacks, Whites and Asians have higher levels of self-restraint, which means that on the average, they are more responsible for their actions. Prof. Levin writes that lower intelligence and lower self-control may mean Blacks are simply less able to govern their behavior, and are more likely to simply “follow an impulse as soon as it enters their heads.” This means that Blacks are biologically more compulsive, less worried about the future, and less concerned about society’s morals.

Curiously, many liberals unintentionally speak of Blacks in much the same way. They describe deviance as the understandable and even inevitable consequence of “oppression,” which is a way of accepting Black helplessness. The literature on race is filled with the hunt for “root causes,” which is another name for excuses. Prof. Levin raises an interesting question: if the environment excuses Blacks why does it not excuse the Whites who are said to oppress them? Since liberals never speak sympathetically of the “root causes” of racism, they must believe that Whites are more responsible and capable of managing themselves than Blacks are.

However, as Prof. Levin notes, it is completely mistaken to suggest that Blacks are in some way “flawed” or “abnormal”. The reality is that Blacks and Whites are designed by nature differently; each ethnic group was created for a different environment. Because of these fundamental differences, it is probably unreasonable to expect Blacks to behave like Whites. In fact, Blacks often feel that something is wrong with Whites, finding them to be moralistic, repressed, and incomprehensible.

CLAIMS OF RACISM

Some people suggest that Blacks and Hispanics experience high levels of social problems because of racism and oppression. However, the evidence does not support a link between past oppression and experiencing problems in society. For example, Asians were discriminated against in the past, but they have even lower crime rates and have less social problems than Whites. The low rate of social problems experienced by Asians is partly explained by their higher average IQ, in the same way that the high incidence of social problems for Blacks and Hispanics has to do with their relatively low IQs. It is also significant that Blacks face the same problems in Canada and England, where there has been no history of slavery or segregation. For example, 45% of Black Africans live in poverty in Britain.

An important study was conducted on this subject, the “National Longitudinal Survey of Youth” (NLSY). The NLSY went on from 1979-1994 and included over 12,000 participants (). The NLSY data on employment and college graduation suggests that our society over recognizes non-White ability. For example, although Whites are two and a half times more likely than Blacks to graduate from college, Blacks with a typical college-graduate IQ (114) are 36 percent more likely than Whites of the same IQ to actually be college graduates. Likewise, although Whites are 67 percent more likely than blacks to be in “high-IQ jobs,” blacks with the requisite IQ (117) are 2.6 times more likely than whites of the same IQ to hold such jobs. This would appear to be clear evidence that Blacks benefit from racial preferences.

In fact, according to NLSY data, Whites and nonwhites of the same IQ are paid almost identical wages. This suggests equal treatment by employers, and contradicts the earlier suggestion that nonwhites enjoy racial preferences on the job. At the very least, blacks are receiving equal treatment, which flies in the face of the liberal argument that “racism” explains nonwhite problems in society.

One of the best reported phenomena in present-day America is that the African-American population suffers a very wide range of health problems. Blacks tend to die sooner and younger from almost every cause but osteoporosis. There are reports that even after all known causes are accounted for there is still “unexplained” poor health among Blacks. For example, the Surgeon General reported that Black babies are 2½ times more likely than whites to die in the first year of life. It is not clear how infants suffer from the stresses of racism. A more likely explanation for this terrible tragedy would be in the poor lifestyle choices made by parents.

With all of the evidence linking IQ to social problems, it is very difficult to believe that White society has created conditions so horribly unfair for minorities that their conduct is the fault of society. Most social problems that people experience, such as low levels of education, having illegitimate children, contracting STDs, etc. are due to the choices that we make in life. While it is normal to try to find a cause in society for our problems, we are the ones responsible for taking the actions that led to those problems.

CAN’T BLAME WHITE PEOPLE

By Bill Cosby (2004)

They’re standing on the corner and they can’t speak English. I can’t even talk the way these people talk: “Why you ain’t”, “Where you is”, “Who you be”. And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk.  Everybody knows it’s important to speak English… except these knuckleheads. Mushmouth is what they speak! You can’t be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth. In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living. People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education, and now we’ve got these knuckleheads throwing that all away. The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids. $500 sneakers for what? And they won’t spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics.

I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit.  Where were you when he was 2? Where were you when he was 12? Where were you when he was 18? And, how come you didn’t know that he had a pistol? And where is the father? Or who is his father? People putting their clothes on backward: Isn’t that a sign of something gone wrong? People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn’t that a sign of something? They’re walking around with their nasty underwear showing, and holding onto their pants to keep them from falling to the ground!

Or are you waiting for Jesus to pull his pants up? Isn’t it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up to her panty line, and got all types of needle piercings going through her body? What part of Africa did this come from? We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans; they don’t know a thing about Africa. With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap, and all of them are in jail. Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person’s problem. We have got to take the neighborhood back.

People used to be ashamed. Today a woman has eight children with eight different ‘husbands’ — or men or whatever you call them now. We have millionaire football players who cannot read. We have million-dollar basketball players who can’t write two paragraphs. We as black folks have to do a better job. Someone working at Wal-Mart with seven kids saying…you are hurting us. We have to start holding each other to a higher standard. We cannot blame the white people any longer.

It is not for media or anyone of this time anymore to say whether I’m right or wrong. It is time, ladies and gentlemen, to look at the numbers. Fifty percent of our children are dropping out of high school. Sixty percent of the incarcerated males happen to be illiterate. There’s a correlation. Tell the media to stop asking me what I think about people who don’t believe what I’m saying or feel that I’m too harsh or feel that I’m just running my mouth because I’m old. Seventy percent of the teenagers pregnant happen to be African American girls. Don’t ask me to soften my message.

TRANSFER PAYMENTS

Blacks and Hispanics are heavily over-represented among low-income earners, and the federal government has a vast array of programs to provide payments to poor families. These include Social Security, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, Medicare, and disability payments, which in 2004 amounted to more than $1.25 trillion. With these transfer payments, a typical low-income household pays $1,684 in total federal taxes, yet receives $17,724 in federal transfer payments alone, not to mention other federal programs such as education and public transportation or state and local assistance programs. In other words, the typical low-income household receives over $10 in transfer payments for every $1 it pays in federal taxes. Non-Whites are major consumers of these transfer payments. For example, they are 65% of all Welfare recipients.

THE RECIPIENT CLASS

Because low IQ individuals earn less income, they pay much less in taxes. However, they also are major consumers of social programs provided by the federal government. They are known as the “Recipient Class“, because they use more in services than they pay in taxes. According to the 1999 Census Data adjusted for inflation for 2010, each ethnic group’s net taxes paid or benefits taken are shown below. You can see that each White person paid an average of $860 more in taxes than they received in services, while each Black person received $950 more in services than they paid in taxes (this is for all people, adults and children).

This means that in 2010, Whites together will pay about $170 Billion more than they receive in services, while Blacks will receive about $36 Billion and Hispanics will receive about $23 Billion more than they pay in taxes. Over time, these transfer payments have amounted to many trillions of dollars gained by Blacks and Hispanics, paid primarily by Whites.

IS A LARGE NON-WHITE POPULATION SUSTAINABLE?

The top 5% of wage earners pay 50% of all taxes, and the top 50% of wage earners pay 96% of all taxes. The vast majority of the top wage earners are Whites. In other words, Whites pay the great lion’s share of all taxes, which helps to support Blacks and Hispanics. As the populations of low-income Blacks and Hispanics rises, and Whites become a smaller percent of the population, how will the budget be sustained?