Post By Steve Sailer on 06/21/2022

Stat Magazine: We Don't Understand How Bell Curves Work

It’s almost as if somewhere up the career ladder, affirmative action almost always runs out. For example, apparently when you are a neurosurgery resident, the senior neurosurgeons get extremely seriou...
Letter By VDARE.com Reader on 06/15/2022

A Berkeley Reader Says Her Local Paper Is In An Uproar About Blacks In Special Education Classes

From: A Berkeley Reader [Email her] This is a typical item from Berkeleyside, the city's online local newspaper: Black and Latino students in Berkeley Unified are overrepresented in special edTwenty-e...
Post By Paul Kersey on 05/31/2022

Illinois High School Implements "Equity Based" Grading, Seeks To Raise GPAs Of Blacks, Lower Scores Of Whites, Asians And Hispanics

Why not just automatically give all blacks A’s? White privilege? Systemic inequities? Implicit bias? Explain this.   OPRF to implement race-based grading system in 2022-23 school year, West Cook News,...
Post By Steve Sailer on 05/20/2022

The "Center for Measurement Justice"—Parody...Or Inevitable?

From the website for the Center for Measurement Justice: CENTER FOR MEASUREMENT JUSTICEWe seek to disrupt racist, white supremacist logics that have historically informed our assessment and measure...
Post By Steve Sailer on 05/15/2022

The $700 Trillion Bill Lying On The Sidewalk: All We Have To Do Is Make All The Children In The World As Smart As Lake Wobegon's Kids

From the International Monetary Fund’s Finance & Development magazine: THE BASIC SKILLS GAP ERIC A. HANUSHEK , LUDGER WOESSMANN UPCOMING JUNE ISSUE April 26, 2022 … Based on the available eviden...
Post By Steve Sailer on 05/07/2022

Race Gap In Bar Exam Passage Rates Widens, So Let's Get Rid Of The LSAT!

From Reuters: May 3, 2022The racial gap in bar exam pass rates got worse in 2021By Karen Sloan Summary ABA data show the disparity in first-time pass rates between white and Black law grads grew to...
Post By Steve Sailer on 03/28/2022

The East Asian Takeover Of The Putnam Mathematical Competition

iSteve commenter James N. Kennett writes: MIT News reports that MIT Math majors win all top five spots (Putnam Fellowships) in the Mathematical Association of America’s (MAA’s) 82nd Putnam Mathemat...
Post By John Derbyshire on 03/27/2022

Google's Diversity Paradox: No Amount Of Wokeness Can Make Them Hire An HBCU Graduate As An Engineer

Earlier: Google's Expensive Diversity Push Isn't Uncovering Many Diamonds In The Rough, Especially At HBCUs There are no companies on Earth more Woke than the big Silicon Valley software giants; and am...
Post By Steve Sailer on 03/17/2022

NYT: Shocking Revelation: A GOP Candidate Has Read THE BELL CURVE

Earlier(2014) : Charles Murray on the 20th Anniversary of "The Bell Curve" From the New York Times news section: Republican in Ohio Senate Primary Spoke Offensively About Asians Mike Gibbons, a lea...
Post By John Derbyshire on 02/08/2022

The NFL Black Coach Controversy—Contra David French, One Out Of 32 Is A Slight OVER-Representation

Earlier: David French: NFL Is “Racist" Because Blacks Are Underrepresented At The Top. Data: Blacks Hold 17 Percent Of Top Positions As sports-challenged as I am, I know what the NFL is. It's the Natio...