Somali IQ of the average Minnesotan is 91
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Here is the link for anyone interested https://humanvarieties.org/2015/11/05/the-measured-proficiency-of-somali-americans/
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yea it was taken around 10 years ago
Is this selected for all age groups?
This was not an official test and this is not a scientific study, nor does it read like one at all. This is literally a Wordpress site, with the post's author clearly stating this in their lead paragraph:
The main author from this 2015 blog post, John G. R. Fuerst, "Chuck", is a pseudoscientist and well known for racism: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/John_G._R._Fuerst
Internet literacy is horrific with the members on this platform. Its down right appalling as many of you share the most baseless things without a single thought when doing so. Even in this case when it directly calls into question the intelligence of our shared ethnicity.
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@Admin, I highly encourage you to completely whip this baseless and nonsensical thread.
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Because its baseless, nonsensical, and should be removed from the site. I explain bellow:
This was not an official test and this is not a scientific study, nor does it read like one at all. This is literally a Wordpress site, with the post's author clearly stating this in their lead paragraph:
The main author, John G. R. Fuerst, "Chuck", is a pseudoscientist and well known for racism: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/John_G._R._Fuerst
Internet literacy is horrific with the members on this platform. Its down right appalling as many of you share the most baseless things without a single thought when doing so. Even in this case when it directly calls into question the intelligence of our shared ethnicity.
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Digital literacy is a phrase that encompasses the skills to effectively use technology, and the knowledge and skills to do so safely and responsibly.
@Admin, I highly encourage you to completely whip this baseless and nonsensical thread.
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It reads like a blogpost by a white supremacist and a pseudo scientist trying jump through mental hoops. It's part of a response to someone who pointed out that Somali refugees in Seattle out-performed native English speaking hispanics and black Americans in test scores , like reading and math.
Mind you the IQ of Black Americans is measured at 94 in the Washington Area , they usually justify this number by saying it's due to 25% white DNA. Whereas with other Africans like Nigerian Americans , Ghanaians etc they usually explain away their academic performance by pointing out how they are highly selected (Only the wealthy and educated leave their countries to come to the US) and are thus not representative of the total population. Same for Ethiopians.
But with Somalis both of those explanations fall flat. So they are met with a challenge to their ideology.
The debate and discussion the author refers to.
www.seattletimes.com
The author is forced to grasp at alternative justifications. He tries to dismiss Ethiopian-American success by claiming they are selected, but that doesn’t work for Somalis, so he instead hints at Somali ancestry being "substantially non-Negroid"—a weak and vague argument with racial undertones.
It shows someone who is ideologically committed to race-based IQ theories but is struggling to explain away contradictory evidence. Instead of admitting that the data challenges his worldview, he bends over backward to find loopholes, all while subtly moving the goalposts.
Mind you the IQ of Black Americans is measured at 94 in the Washington Area , they usually justify this number by saying it's due to 25% white DNA. Whereas with other Africans like Nigerian Americans , Ghanaians etc they usually explain away their academic performance by pointing out how they are highly selected (Only the wealthy and educated leave their countries to come to the US) and are thus not representative of the total population. Same for Ethiopians.
But with Somalis both of those explanations fall flat. So they are met with a challenge to their ideology.
The debate and discussion the author refers to.
‘Alarming’ new test-score gap discovered in Seattle schools
For the first time, Seattle Public Schools officials have broken down test scores by specific home language. The recently announced results revealed a surprising trend that may have implications for policy around the district.
www.seattletimes.com
The author is forced to grasp at alternative justifications. He tries to dismiss Ethiopian-American success by claiming they are selected, but that doesn’t work for Somalis, so he instead hints at Somali ancestry being "substantially non-Negroid"—a weak and vague argument with racial undertones.
It shows someone who is ideologically committed to race-based IQ theories but is struggling to explain away contradictory evidence. Instead of admitting that the data challenges his worldview, he bends over backward to find loopholes, all while subtly moving the goalposts.
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