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People, regardless of race, are generally going to be a product of their environment and their social programming, typically from parents.

White parents in a predominantly white environment will result in a child who behaves similarly regardless of skin color and vice versa.

I've known white guys who were culturally black due to their background and upbringing and black guys who fit none of the stereotypes and may well have been white.



This question is stupid...

Imagine two people standing next to each other, how are they different?

Each and every single individual on earth is different... Just like you would be different standing next to someone else.



White people get better character customization options in video games.

The topic's been on my mind recently since I can already tell that I'll be disappointed in the customization options of Xenoblade X, which means that I'll have to do the typical thing of making some random white character that looks like nobody just because I can't make a character that looks like me. And I refuse to make the generic ceasar-hair cut/afro black character the options throw in, just so my character can be black, because that's not the issue. I'm being completely legit when I say that of all the games that I've ever played, there's only been two that have ever, in anyway, been able to represent in the farthest sence what actually look like; Wii Sports and Destiny. And even Destiny is a stretch, but I'll gladly take a stretch.



KingCherry said:
Intelligence, aggression, physiology, etc. There are huge differences, and we all know it.


LOL I fell off of my chair reading this.



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This thread seems to claim... If we like the same video game, we are no different from another...

Just because someone may be attracted to specific stuff, everyone has parts that make them truly unique and no one should ever be robbed of having the rights to identity, because if one were to bother looking extra close, everyone is different no matter how much some bigoted and ignorant souls claim the opposite.



RCTjunkie said:

I heard that phrase is actually pretty offensive, and I can see why. Do you find it offensive/irritating when people say that?


I do, and I'm pretty think skined when it comes to race issues. There is so much ignorance in "act white." While I er more on the side of rolling my eyes, I can see why it would piss other people off and I don't blame them.



Panther111 said:
This thread seems to claim... If we like the same video game, we are no different from another...

Just because someone may be attracted to specific stuff, everyone has parts that make them truly unique and no one should ever be robbed of having the rights to identity, because if one were to bother looking extra close, everyone is different no matter how much some bigoted and ignorant souls claim the opposite.


When someone says that different races are "equal" or "not different," they're refering to status. One race isn't superior or inferior. There is no difference based on race when it comes to their status. There is no general racial hierarchy. A dalmation is just as valuable as a chiwawa. That sort of thing.

Everyone knows that individual people are individual. No one is talking about that.



McGilliguts said:
Just because there are obvious cultural differences that effect intelligence and temperament does not mean there are not biological differences as well. Liberals just want to assume everyone is born equal, but evolution suggests that that is not the case.

As an example, imagine an isolated population that for several thousand years has highly valued education and learning. The individuals who will be the most esteemed in this society and therefore the most likely to have children and pass on their genetic traits will be the most intelligent members. Over time, this skews the average member of this society towards higher intelligence. Notice that this change is driven by culture, but also has a lasting genetic effect independent of culture. And such a group does in fact exist - the Jews. And no surprise, Jews are by many standardized measures such as iq among the most intelligent populations on earth with a disproportionate number of Nobel prize winners etc. part of this is culture, but genetics are just as important.


Its not genetic exclusivity to a group, its dominantly culture. You also forget that there are jews of many ethnic backgrounds (twelve tribes in the text) even though they came from an ultimate source. Every group has the capacity to bring forth geniuses. Geniuses are a minority even within their own group, which makes them high in demand. Take India for instance. We see a lot of esteemed lawyers and doctors in this country no different than other Asians and whites, which makes the expectation of employment and higher test scores higher for Asians than whites but go to India and the amount of common people is very high. The success rate based on our standard testing in major highschools and colleges would level out no different than it is for whites. 

They just recently found a black child in England who has a higher IQ than Einstein and Einstein was a jew (Then agan...there are black jews...so technically is being jewish a "race"?)

Eleven year old British child of African descent who scored higher than Einstein:

http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/07/_11_year_old_uk_boy_scores_higher_than_einstein_on_mensa_iq_test.html

Fourteen year old white child who scored higher then Einstein:

http://www.inquisitr.com/1512469/smarter-than-albert-einstein/


The best takeaway that one can gather about these two individuals is that despite having very high intelligence levels what truly matters is how they apply it. If you don't apply it, what a waste no matter what background. In some peoples case because of hardships, they don't even get a chance to use it.

Geniuses are minoriities living amongst us all and they come in many shades.

You're right that not everyone is born equal though.



All people in America came from Africa at some point, some people just made some stops along the way.

And it's more to do with culture anyway.



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