To be fair, SOME of what makes inner-city blacks look dumb IS cultural. There’s no value placed on speaking English well, being well-mannered, reading the classics, or gaining a knowledge of great artists and composers. That can make them appear dumber, but really it’s just unworldly. They can still be very bright.
Here’s why I say that: About a week ago I went to the casino near DC, and it was majority black - and ALL black at the craps table. (Picture it, 9 rough black dudes screaming profanity, and one petite white Jewish grandma.)
Anyway, there’s some complex Horn Bet I stay away from, but the dudes all love it. It’s a bet on four numbers, but one of the numbers has MORE of a bet on it (I think…it’s confusing), and to make it even more complicated, the numbers have different pay-off ratios. And then, if that isn’t confusing enough, if you win one of your numbers, you lose on the other three, so the losing numbers have to be subtracted from the winning payoff.
You wouldnt believe how fast these dudes computed exactly how much they were owed! They were quicker than the white dealer. They’d say, “hey man, I get $82 for the win, minus the $12 for two of the numbers, plus minus $15 for the high number, so gimme $55.”
Impressive!