Segregation Returns to US Schools

[Montmorency]

Yes, again, it is obvious that any group you formulate will be genetically distinct from any other such group, or else we would be identical. And indeed, it is easily plausible that small groups here and there are markedly more intelligent in one way or another than other small groups.

The point is that we can not gerrymander the existing genetic diversity into "races" like Caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid - especially if intergroup similarities are greater than intragroup similarities! The point is that we should be looking to identify actually-useful groupings on the basis of strong links between genotype and phenotype, instead of taking some classification based entirely on skin color for granted and then complaining when that doesn't evoke any meaningful correlations. Even worse than that, though, is when they just resort to blatant stereotyping - at that point, evidence will not impinge at all on their mindset.

It gets really stupid, you know? "But blacks run fast hurr durr" - no they don't you fool, a few specific groups of dark-skinned people can run well because of the special environment in which they have existed for centuries. These groups constitute a tiny minority of all Africans. But, you know, I hear those Swiss do well in low-oxygen environments, so the white race must need less oxygen than other races, right?