It has been shown that many intelligence tests have cultural bias. I am not sure if this was one of the examples but for instance: a lot of times fractions are taught in the US with pizza slices. If you administer a test with pizza questions to children who have just immigrated from Mexico they may not have seen a pizza before and could bog down on that issue.
On 10/27/07, William Seiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Different types of intelligence need to be measured in different ways. > Instead of having a Non-African create the 'intelligence' test for > Africans, > they should have the African scientists create those tests. > > We have had the same type of issues in this country in regards to College > entrance exams. They have been built upon the social and culture of one > 'type' of upbringing. Where other American 'subcultures' don't have the > same concepts in their lives, therefore the questions become non-self > explanatory. > > Hiring should be left to the concepts of: > "Do they have a history of 'getting the job done' > "Do they have the knowledge and skillset to 'get the job done' for you" > > When you add race to the equation: > You miss out on some of the most effective visionaries of our time. > You reduce the enrichment that new and interesting viewpoints can create. > You open your company to mass onslaughts of lawsuits. > > Plus, you show the world that your intelligence resides below those you > criticize, as you display your fear. After all, Racism is last ditch > effort > of an imbecile to blame 'someone else', before they have to realize that > it > is themselves that are 'lacking'. > > William > -- > William E. Seiter > > Have you ever read a book that changed your life? > Go to: www.winninginthemargins.com > Enter passkey: goldengrove > > Web Developer > http://William.Seiter.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 7:39 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: AYFKM? > > > Bill wrote: > > A person is a person. Their relative intelligence and 'workmanship' has > > nothing to do with their race. > > I hate to break this to you, but I'm going to: you can't be anything > you want. You're limited by your genes and genes have been used to > define a grouping called "race". From there we can move to other > genetic groupings: > > Kentucky > Phried > Chicken > Our > Favorite > Greasy > Snack > > Hey, speaking of genes and racism, you'll love this: > > Dr. Watson -- who co-discovered the structure of DNA and thereby > helped launch the genetics revolution -- said yesterday that he would > no longer serve as the chancellor of the prestigious Cold Spring > Harbor Laboratory, an institution he has been associated with for more > than four decades. The 79-year-old scientist said he would "retire" > with immediate effect following an outcry over controversial remarks > he recently made in the United Kingdom media about the intelligence > levels of blacks. > > It is an unexpected and ignominious end to one of the most illustrious > careers in modern science. Dr. Watson, who shared the Nobel Prize in > 1962 with Mr. Crick and Maurice Wilkins for their DNA discovery, > recently told Britain's Sunday Times that he was "inherently gloomy > about the prospect of Africa" because "all our social policies are > based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours -- > whereas all the testing says not really." > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119331451684871240.html > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245318 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
