Thread for big D and his apologists

[Denilson-The-Comeback]

I think generally the top positions do go to those who are most capable. If it is a job requiring supreme intelligence, then a very intelligent person will get that job.

But who are the people interviewing you for those top positions ?

It's not black people.

So when you seek admission to a university, apply for a job, or hunt for an apartment almost all of the people evaluating you for those things look like you--they are white. They see in you a reflection of themselves, and in a racist world that is an advantage. You smile. You are white. You are one of them. You aren’t dangerous. Even when you get angry, your cut some slack. After all, your white.

Do you think someone with an IQ of 80 will be able to function as a doctor, lawyer, or Astrophysicist? It is highly unlikely.

So in that case why don't you drive your arguments to their logical conclusions ?

If IQ is so important and so trustworthy, why not give all the top positions to those with the highest IQ? Why have elections? Why have job interviews or resumes? Why not have birth licences or sterilization based on IQ?

IQ is not perfect, but it is the best predictor of success out there and as I argue elsewhere, it is tested all through your childhood and into your adulthood. Typically if you have intelligence and pay attention, then you can navigate those tests, have more options and have a better future. If you cannot then life is harder, but no less meaningful or valid. We are all different and will make different choices.

Let’s take the ultimate computer nerd. Mark Zuckerberg (Founder or Facebook)

Do you really think he got to where because of intelligence and hard work ?

He attended two of the most expensive and prestigious schools in the USA (Harvard, Phillips Exeter Academy). His success was due to his parents bank account and a bit a luck but had little to do with his intelligence and hard work.

It’s that simple. Everyone from Bill Gates to Warren Buffett needed a substantial amount of money to start up their companies.

Take the average drug dealer born in the ghetto and put them into an upper middle class family all of the sudden they’ll become a fortune five hundred CEO.

The same type of person that has the personality and skills to run a criminal entrepreneurship can easily run a legal one, but many will never have the opportunity that will allow them to earn the credentials necessary to do so.