Ann Coulter

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Genetic code discoverer claims blacks are inherently dumb-witted or less committed

I've seen Ann Coulter briefly on Youtube though I kind of know her style and the vein of her arguments from hearsay... It's no surprise that she'd get around to throw a slur at other people as unreliable or evil for their religious or ethnic background. Spitefulness makes headlines, but just as worrying a thing is that she'd seem to talk abbout people in a way as to reduce them to what they're able to buy, the strength of their wallets and the class of their homes and wages.

But even people who have far greater intelligence than Ms Coulter sometimes make amazing, stupid statements. Professor James Watson, one of the pioneers in identifying the DNA genetic code and awardee of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957 (with Francis Crick) was quoted as saying it would be a "hot potato" to address the inherent differences in intelligence between blacks and whites, and this made him "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa".

"All our social policies are based on the /supposed/ fact that their intelligence is the same as ours whereas all the testing says not really," he was quoted as saying. We may think that everyone is generally equal and should not be classed into some inferior group, but Watson noted that "people who have to deal with black employees find this is simply not true...There are many people of colour who are very talented, but their managers don't promote them when they haven't succeeded at the lower level" he warned.

The University of Edinburgh had asked Watson to hold a lecture to the 50-year anniversary of his Nobel Prize, but cancelled it after his remarks made headlines, stating they were "unaccceptable". Guess I'd have to agree.