When you are saying that intelligence is mostly genetically heritable and that black people have hereditarily lower intelligence, but you aren't saying they are genetically inferior or anything racist like that
The authors imply some sicko shit beyond this, but "black people are genetically inferior" is plainly what the text says in overt fashion.
"The Bell Curve" is bad, but one thing people genuinely get wrong a lot is that "heritability" doesn't necessarily mean "passes through genes". Your economic class is "heritable" since you usually get it from your parents, after all.
When you are saying that intelligence is mostly genetically heritable and that black people have hereditarily lower intelligence, but you aren't saying they are genetically inferior or anything racist like that
The authors imply some sicko shit beyond this, but "black people are genetically inferior" is plainly what the text says in overt fashion.
"The Bell Curve" is bad, but one thing people genuinely get wrong a lot is that "heritability" doesn't necessarily mean "passes through genes". Your economic class is "heritable" since you usually get it from your parents, after all.
Environment is also highly heritable and yet he pits the two factors against each other.