In 2008, African Americans face a mainstream white culture which tells them they have "worse" genes for IQ than white Americans - and that "irresponsible" sexual behaviour dooms well over half of their children to live in single-parent homes and poverty. In other words, black Americans hear that their current position is their own fault.rnThis is obviously shocking. But arguably it is worse not to face up to any substance there may be behind the stereotypes, and not talk about it and the implications for the black community.rnFor the past 30 years or so, intelligence tests such as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children have shown an average gap of 15 IQ points between black and white Americans. And according to government censuses, some 63 per cent of black American children will grow up in a family with just one parent, normally a black woman.
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