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Entry: Is "Black Hole" the New "Niggardly"? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/is_black_hole_the_new_niggardly#32100 Post contents: Marcus shouldn't be so sure about what black public officials know. According to The Bell Curve (P. 321-322, 488-492), a 1990 study found that whites in professional jobs have an IQ of 114 while their black counterparts one of 94, putting them well below the white average. This kind of paranoia about color words is pretty mainstream. I once had a teacher say "white lie." A black girl raised her hand and made one point and then another about how she learned in some class that the term says something about our society. In the same class I also once brought up race and intelligence and she confronted me outside the room. "Hey, what did you mean by that study?" she asked. I smiled and replied that the teacher was making the case that racial differences in school achievement were due to environmental causes and I was making the counter argument. She just looked at me for a few seconds and I then walked away. http://thenewfaith.org/2008/07/10/what-blacks-know/ Sent at: 2008 12 01