There are no unambiguous results tying racial divisions to intelligence. Biological determinism is interesting to a lot of people because it blames the victims and helps evade responsibility for the state of matters.
John Stuart Mill once wrote: "Of all the vulgar modes of escaping from the consideration of the effect of social and moral influences upon the human mind, the most vulgar is that of attributing the diversities of conduct and character to inherent natural differences"
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould
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