Message from @RyeNorth

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2018-08-27 02:45:35 UTC  

ree censorship

2018-08-27 02:46:41 UTC  

like, most of the race realist argument is that black americans have lower average IQ than white americans and claims that it's a biological factor

2018-08-27 02:47:19 UTC  

which doesn't account for the absolutely massive cultural and socioeconomic difference between black and white americans

2018-08-27 02:47:22 UTC  

IQ is BS that is all

2018-08-27 02:47:43 UTC  

because you could draw the same graph and argue that poor people are biologically inferior to rich people

2018-08-27 02:51:15 UTC  

Thanks! I will keep not of these

2018-08-27 02:54:30 UTC  

👍🏻

2018-08-27 06:31:59 UTC  

!rank

2018-08-27 06:31:59 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/463068752725016579/483524061520068608/card.png

2018-08-27 06:33:58 UTC  

oh well i guess vids dont embed here but this is a new Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris debate above ^^^

2018-08-27 09:58:28 UTC  

Race realism is really just a study of evolutionary differences...

2018-08-27 09:59:00 UTC  

Basing it around skin color, however, is extremely arbitrary.

2018-08-27 09:59:44 UTC  

Although skin color is actually an excellent argument as to why 'race realism' is, in fact, real.

2018-08-27 10:00:21 UTC  

It's evolutionary. People select for traits suitable to their environment.

2018-08-27 10:00:57 UTC  

Darker skin develops around the equator. Lighter skin tones developed further away.

2018-08-27 10:01:32 UTC  

Where the whole thing goes wrong is when people ignore the cultural influence.

2018-08-27 10:02:34 UTC  

Race realism isn't so much of a problem - and shouldn't even really be that much of a taboo - compared to race determinism.

2018-08-27 10:04:08 UTC  

Non-white people are more likely to be lactose intolerant. Darker skinned people are more likely to tolerate sun exposure better than a white person.

2018-08-27 10:04:53 UTC  

White people more frequently can't handle spicy foods, as those are generally preferred in more temperate climates.

2018-08-27 10:07:28 UTC  

The funny point to all of this is, all of these traits are related to one another. They're physiological differences that equate to consistent environmental selectors. People who try to sell you identity politics along the lines of race realism, however, aren't accounting for the true deterministic factor, Culture.

2018-08-27 10:12:18 UTC  

I'm a culturist.

2018-08-27 10:17:08 UTC  

I'm not sure what the parameters are of that label, but most likely I am too.

2018-08-27 10:18:03 UTC  

I am more likely to trust someone who I know holds principles like mine regardless of what they look like, as opposed to trusting someone who looks like me based solely on that fact.

2018-08-27 10:19:09 UTC  

Webster doesn't have the definition that I'm using it for so I guess that means we get to make up new meanings too.

2018-08-27 10:19:47 UTC  

presumably, someone who values cultural identity over arbitrary identity.

2018-08-27 10:20:20 UTC  

Although whatever this is has it as ```One who holds prejudices against a culture``` https://www.wordnik.com/words/culturist

2018-08-27 10:21:03 UTC  

I do think that's far more fair than prejudice against a race.

2018-08-27 10:21:21 UTC  

Culture is far more connected to a person's character than skin color.

2018-08-27 10:21:27 UTC  

Culture can change but race can't.

2018-08-27 10:21:50 UTC  

There's also the point of accepting that culture is different in different parts of the world.

2018-08-27 10:22:27 UTC  

I can accept that some Asian cultures have no problems eating dog, for instance. In the United States, though, I do take some issue.

2018-08-27 10:22:39 UTC  

Yeah. People can do whatever where they are from but if they come to the west I think they need to assimilate.

2018-08-27 10:22:46 UTC  

(Food is the first and foremost thing I go to when I think of culture)

2018-08-27 10:23:09 UTC  

I'll go one better.

2018-08-27 10:23:26 UTC  

'Multiculturalism' is only possible on a personal level. (read: sustainable)

2018-08-27 10:24:03 UTC  

By that, a nation should have one culture to it.

2018-08-27 10:24:59 UTC  

But people should hold that culture, and any additional cultural values they hold, with, say, American culture being in the forefront.

2018-08-27 10:25:56 UTC  

I have no problem with people speaking whatever language is native to them at home. I have no problems with teaching a native tongue to children. That's awesome, and makes for a much smarter kid, frankly.

2018-08-27 10:26:12 UTC  

That common culture, in this case, common language, though...

2018-08-27 10:26:28 UTC  

That's needed in order for a nation's people to relate to one another.