How are IQ tests considered racially biased?

[buddhallah_the_christ]

I lived in California until 2009 and there was a law that African American students are not to be IQ tested from 1979. There is an effort to have this overturned, but the original plaintiffs are trying to keep the law in place. What types of questions would be considered racially biased? I've never taken an IQ test.

 

[william the wie]

IQ tests are not PC

 

[Mac1958]

So these people think that isolating and excusing people based on skin color is a good idea.

Your skin color is darker, so we're going to take it easy on you, we're going to set you aside.

You can't make this shit up.

American Blacks continue to be victimized by those who claim to "care".

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[Toddsterpatriot]

A test in standard English is difficult for someone who can't read and only speaks Ebonics.

 

[Mac1958]

What if they're half black?

Do they have to take half the test?

Madness.

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[IanC]

It's not that the questions are racially biased but that the reasons for scoring low are racially different. A white child scoring IQ70 is often obviously retarded by some genetic condition or physical injury. A black child with an IQ70 is most often just at the low end of the standard black range. They show much fewer obvious signs of retardation other than doing poorly in school because they can't 'figure things out'.

Rather than affix a diagnosis of retardation it is considered more humane to ignore the problem and let them socially interact without a label.

 

[S.J.]

Liberals don't want blacks IQ tested because if the rest of society knew they were capable of functioning on their own they might actually expect them to. That would make it much harder to keep them under control and on the liberal plantation.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Not just racially biased. They're also culturally and socially biased.

And, from the posts by the mentally changed RWs on this board, one must conclude they are also politically biased.

Line up all the straight whites on this board and every single one of us would see every single question differently. The proof is in the pudding. Read the posts. Its right there in front of you.

And, as usual, the racist scum see what they want to see.

 

[william the wie]

Yes indeed you do LN.

 

[IanC]

IQ testing was invented by a progressive educator. It was also heralded as a tool to uplift underclass children because their talents could be recognized.

Likewise military and civic testing was conceived to reward merit and lessen the importance nepotism. Unfortunately there is genetic component present in all aptitude tests that make it impossible for racial equality in outcomes. On average, of course.

 

[IanC]

Not just racially biased. They're also culturally and socially biased.

And, from the posts by the mentally changed RWs on this board, one must conclude they are also politically biased.

Line up all the straight whites on this board and every single one of us would see every single question differently. The proof is in the pudding. Read the posts. Its right there in front of you.

And, as usual, the racist scum see what they want to see.

Every IQ question is thoroughly analyzed. It is testing the same thing independent of race.

 

[Donald Polish]

the problem with using some sort of "science" with IQ tests is any and al population trends are completely lost in the noise of individual results, and since IQ tests are used for individual results and not for population results any appeal to the population trends are likely motivated by racial bias.

 

[TheOldSchool]

IQ tests are a terrible judgement of intelligence. There are far too many factors involved in "intelligence."

IQ tests are fundamentally flawed and using them alone to measure intelligence is a fallacy study finds - Science - News - The Independent

 

[IanC]

IQ tests are a terrible judgement of intelligence. There are far too many factors involved in "intelligence."

IQ tests are fundamentally flawed and using them alone to measure intelligence is a fallacy study finds - Science - News - The Independent

IQ tests are amazingly good at capturing intelligence. It is certainly true that other traits and characteristics are important to success but we cannot measure those with anything near the precision.

While the predictive power of IQ does need populations rather than individuals, the ability to know which populations can be trained for certain tasks is very important. That is why the military has kept testing in place. Their excursions into taking less than IQ90 individuals always turned out badly.

 

[HenryBHough]

IQ tests generally are printed in black ink on white paper. From the liberal perspective this is blatantly racist. In order to make restitution IQ tests must, for 50 years, be printed only black paper with white printing.

 

[SUPERMAN1929]

It's simple. Liberals decided blacks are too stupid to take IQ tests so they just said they didn't have to instead of bringing them up to meet the standard.

 

[IanC]

It's simple. Liberals decided blacks are too stupid to take IQ tests so they just said they didn't have to instead of bringing them up to meet the standard.

You cannot 'bring them up to standard'. That is the problem. Intelligence is there whether it is measured or not. Blaming IQ tests is like blaming the heat on thermometers.

 

[SUPERMAN1929]

It's simple. Liberals decided blacks are too stupid to take IQ tests so they just said they didn't have to instead of bringing them up to meet the standard.

You cannot 'bring them up to standard'. That is the problem. Intelligence is there whether it is measured or not. Blaming IQ tests is like blaming the heat on thermometers.

It's just how the liberals attempts to hide facts from everyone that don't support their agenda as always.

 

[Friends]

IQ tests are biased in favor of those with the innate ability to perform well in school and in jobs requiring intelligence. They accurately predict academic and economic success. Because Negroes tend to do poorly in school, and on any job requiring intelligence, IQ tests are biased against them.

 

[Friends]

IQ is largely, if not almost entirely, determined by genes. IQ tests accurately predict success in school, on the job, and in life in general.

Unfortunately, the discussion of the critical importance of being born with a high IQ has been coerced. Those who know better know that it is dangerous to tell the truth. Consequently many people seem genuinely to believe that IQ tests measure nothing of importance, but the wealth of the parents.

As our society and our technology become increasingly complex those with double digit IQ's will become increasingly useless. Those in the 99th percentile will become increasingly valuable.