No, logic tells us it is genes and environment. If I was the product of generations of cousin marriage I would likely have physical deformity and a lower IQ. There is no real way around genetic factors in terms of how we evolve. However, the positive side of me likes to think that environment plays a part as that is something we can fix. We can choose not to marry a cousin, we can choose to marry a decent person, we can choose to nurture our children, to feed them properly. Those things can only be a positive.

If it was all environment then I would probably have an IQ of 85-90, but I don't. I experienced the same things as many of the more disadvantaged black people in the UK in terms of upbringing. It is one reason so many whites experience the same kinds of problems IMO. I have never been advantaged because of the color of my skin and the black people I have seen do well have not done so because of the color of their skin either. This obsession with skin color holding people down is exaggerated and fails to account for what is actually going on beneath the skin.

Intelligence is what typically defines us and what we are able to do. Not skin color. Thus people of any race can do well and the people who end up losing out are actually Asians in the West as they are discriminated against for being too smart. Now that is racism. I do not believe in discriminating against anyone based upon their race and think if you are smarter than others then that entitles you to your academic place or a particular job.

I find it funny seeing some articles about companies like Google written by black writers as they nearly always complain about there being too many white men. However, it is Asians who are really over represented and actually white workers, like black workers, are under represented going by national demographics. Now if I was really a white supremacist, would I not argue for more white workers and less Asians? However, I do not because I believe in meritocracy and affirmative action for nobody. I am not much of a racist.

Denilson will moan about me saying black people are more likely to get diabetes or divorce, but these are facts and all I suggest is that people control their diets better or choose a partner carefully. I am not special. I have been sick in my time, I let my blood sugar get too high, but the key is to say 'Oh, I better not eat so much of that' or 'I better not meet women in bars'. You can fix things if you have it in you to do that. A few simple things like that goes a long way.