Richwine: the average Nigerian is mentally retarded* [View all]

[MannyGoldstein]

Yep, according to the Harvard PhD thesis of Republican wunderkind Jason Richwine, author of the Heritage Foundation report that claims immigration is destroying our precious bodily fluids, the average IQ of Nigerians is 69 (see page 139). In fact, it looks like in Richwine's world, the average citizen of almost all Sub-Saharan African countries has an IQ below 70, which qualifies as what used to be known as mental retardation, now known as an intellectual disability.

Mrs. Goldstein was reading about Mr. Richwine's thesis in the Globe this morning, and decided to check it out.

Wow.

Looks like most Central Americans are at borderline intellectual functioning, which is an IQ of 70-84.

Average Israeli? 95, still below the average. Seriously?

I call bullshit. Utter bullshit. Unmitigated bullshit. Republican-caliber bullshit.

Just thought you might like to know what we're dealing with here. Pretty disturbing stuff. Shame on Richwine, and shame on Harvard for housing faculty who'll sign off on this kind of garbage.




*I used "mentally retarded" for shock effect, wouldn't normally use it. But note that the term *is* still used in the DSM-IV