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		oneeyedpigeon on May 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I downloaded all 1.6M posts on Bluesky > I presume you would call IQ statistics "racism" Putting aside the value of IQ figures, no, the figures themselves are not racist. How someone uses them, of course, can be.

0xy on May 7, 2023 [–]

Given IQ statistics throw a pretty big spanner in the works of white supremacists by showing them that Ashkenazi Jews are the top of the average list, it's pretty hard to see how they're racist.

oneeyedpigeon on May 7, 2023 | [–]

I'm glad you agree!

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