In Facing Reality: Two Truths About Race in America Charles Murray tells the dangerous truths. First, East Asians tend to be more intelligent than whites, who tend to be more intelligent than Hispanics, who tend to be more intelligent than Negroes. Second, East Asians have lower crime rates than whites, who have lower crime rates than Hispanics, who have lower crime rates than Negroes.
Those are dangerous ideas, but practically everyone knows they are true. Those who hate these truths hate those who tell them, and try to suppress the truths and the truth tellers. When that does not work they jump up and down, wave their arms, and shout, “Racist! Racist! Racist!” When that does not work they put their hands over their ears and refuse to listen to the two truths.
Blacks do not only tend to perform poorly on all the mental aptitude tests, however they are designed, but the tests over estimate black performance. Thus, if a black person and a white person get the same score on an SAT exam, the white person will probably perform better in college. Consequently there is no reason at all to lower objective criteria of excellence for blacks in university admissions, or hiring decisions. Blacks do not have abilities, not measured by the tests, that enable them to perform well.
The last chapter of this book is the most interesting. Charles Murray attributes the craziness on the right to misplaced hostility. Most whites feel hostile toward Negroes. This is understandable, because black behavior has gotten worse since 1964 when the Civil Rights Act was passed and the War on Poverty was declared.
Because it has become dangerous to express this hostility, whites have developed a cultish affection for Donald Trump, they believe – despite no evidence – that Trump won the last election. They take pride in ignoring Covid-19. They hate the Democrat Party, taxes, and the government, because they associate these with the civil rights movement. Because they do not want their taxes to help blacks, the national debt keeps growing.
Charles Murray thinks the blackout, if you will, on expressing hostility for blacks may lead to a civil war. It would be difficult to prove this. After all, white Republicans are afraid to tell how they really feel about blacks. Nevertheless, when most American Negroes were restricted to de facto second class citizenship, the Democrat Party dominated the United States. Back then whites who were not rich knew that the government, under Democrat leadership, helped them, not blacks.
Those are dangerous ideas, but practically everyone knows they are true. Those who hate these truths hate those who tell them, and try to suppress the truths and the truth tellers. When that does not work they jump up and down, wave their arms, and shout, “Racist! Racist! Racist!” When that does not work they put their hands over their ears and refuse to listen to the two truths.
Blacks do not only tend to perform poorly on all the mental aptitude tests, however they are designed, but the tests over estimate black performance. Thus, if a black person and a white person get the same score on an SAT exam, the white person will probably perform better in college. Consequently there is no reason at all to lower objective criteria of excellence for blacks in university admissions, or hiring decisions. Blacks do not have abilities, not measured by the tests, that enable them to perform well.
The last chapter of this book is the most interesting. Charles Murray attributes the craziness on the right to misplaced hostility. Most whites feel hostile toward Negroes. This is understandable, because black behavior has gotten worse since 1964 when the Civil Rights Act was passed and the War on Poverty was declared.
Because it has become dangerous to express this hostility, whites have developed a cultish affection for Donald Trump, they believe – despite no evidence – that Trump won the last election. They take pride in ignoring Covid-19. They hate the Democrat Party, taxes, and the government, because they associate these with the civil rights movement. Because they do not want their taxes to help blacks, the national debt keeps growing.
Charles Murray thinks the blackout, if you will, on expressing hostility for blacks may lead to a civil war. It would be difficult to prove this. After all, white Republicans are afraid to tell how they really feel about blacks. Nevertheless, when most American Negroes were restricted to de facto second class citizenship, the Democrat Party dominated the United States. Back then whites who were not rich knew that the government, under Democrat leadership, helped them, not blacks.
