Saturday, May 11, 2013

Jason Richwine's "Low Immigrant IQ" Theory

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Race is different in all sorts of ways, and probably the most important way is in IQ. Decades of psychometric testing has indicated that at least in America, you have Jews with the highest average IQ, usually followed by East Asians, then you have non-Jewish whites, Hispanics, and then blacks. These are real differences, and they're not going to go away tomorrow, and for that reason we have to address them in our immigration discussions and our debates.
. . . We have blacks, we have American Indians, and even early Mexican Americans, who have been living in the country for a long time, and who have not assimilated into the cultural mainstream as typified by white Americans.
Obviously I think with blacks we know that, at least in my opinion, I think black and white culture has if anything has diverged in the last 50 years rather than converged.
American Indians have been here a long time, and we still have Indian reservations.
~ Jason Richwine in a 2008 talk, via Mother Jones


Not surprisingly, Richwine’s remarks were warmly received on white nationalist blogs.
. . . Richwine declined to answer a detailed list of questions E-mailed him by the Hatewatch, saying he didn’t think that the Southern Poverty Law Center would give him “a fair hearing.”
~ Sonia Scherr of the Southern Poverty Law Center

1870 called. It wants its racial theories back.
~ DynamicDragon13 on YouTube

. . . Everyone who matters knows that things were much better when ‘Mericans were just ‘Mericans. Not fancy Mexican-Americans or African-Americans or Homosexxican-Americans or Inuit-Americans or whatever the hell you people are. Let’s just let people be people, shall we? Just stop letting in those lazy not-smart Hispanics and figure out a way to decide which Caucasian immigrants are smart enough and non-terroristy enough to come hang out in our big old melting pot and we’ll be all set.
~ Wonkette

Our Founders did not form this country only to allow it to turn all swarthy.
~ Salt_Bagel on Wonkette

GOP outreach. Who can esplain it?
~ OkieDokieDog on Wonkette

To paraphrase my Granny's heroine, the immortal Molly Ivins, Reichwine's dissertation "probably sounded better in the original German."
~ BadKitty904 on Wonkette

In the acknowledgement section of his dissertation, Richwine wrote, "I am indebted to the American Enterprise Institute for its generous support, without which this dissertation could not have been completed. In particular, I must thank Henry Olsen, vice president of AEI's National Research Initiative, for bringing me to AEI and supporting my research."
Richwine also thanked AEI scholar Charles Murray for his input, writing that "I could not have asked for a better primary advisor."
~ from Talking Points Memo - Charles Murray is author of the controversial book "The Bell Curve" which states that African-Americans are less intelligent than Caucasion-Americans

I don’t know how they can ever separate Richwine’s clearly racist world view from his contribution to the Heritage anti-immigrant report published this week. Moreover, how can they maintain any credibility as a serious think tank by keeping him on staff?
~ Fernando Espuelas of Univision via Buzzfeed

Jason Richwine let us know he’s decided to resign from his position. He’s no longer employed by Heritage. It is our long-standing policy not to discuss internal personnel matters.
~ Short statement from The Heritage Foundation via Dave Weigel on Slate



From Washington Post
Jason Richwine, the co-author of a controversial immigration study released this week by the Heritage Foundation, tells Post Politics that he has resigned his position with the organization.
“Yes, that’s right,” Richwine wrote in a brief e-mail. Heritage confirmed that he resigned.

The study written by Richwine and Robert Rector argued that the immigration reform bill would cost $6.3 trillion, but it was widely panned by conservative groups pushing for immigration reform as not accounting for the economic benefits of immigrants.
Complicating matters were a series of revelations about Richwine, including that he had written a doctoral thesis at Harvard University arguing that the United States should focus its immigration efforts on those with high IQs and that he had written for a Web site that describes itself as “nationalist.”

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In some sense, the immigration fiasco is precisely what some conservative scholars feared would happened when a politician committed to winning elections and advancing right-wing candidates took over a think tank. One Heritage scholar told me, “This is much worse than I feared … and it happened much faster than I ever imagined.”
~ Jennifer Rubin in Washington Post

The forces of orthodoxy have identified a heretic. They’re marching on his hut with pitchforks and flaming brands. The cry echoes around the internet: “Burn the witch!”
~ John Derbyshire on VDare







From Michelle Malkin
The crucifixion of Jason Richwine; Update: Richwine resigns
. . . Richwine’s 166-page dissertation, “IQ and Immigration Policy,” is now being used to smear him – and by extension, all of Heritage’s scholarship – as “racist.” While the punditocracy and political establishment sanctimoniously call for “honest discussions” on race, they rush to crush bona fide, dispassionate academic inquiries into the controversial subjects of intelligence, racial and ethnic differences, and domestic policy.
. . . Update 4:15pm Eastern: Richwine has resigned, according to Politico. The left-wing mob, aided and abetted by GOP cowards and opportunists, get their scalp.
Thought you’d like to see how McCain Hispanic National co-chair Ana Navarro responded:



















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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Benghazi Been-There-Done-That - Updated

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Story Via Yahoo News
Three State Department witnesses, including the former deputy chief in Libya, are scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee at a session certain to attract attention after recent disclosures from the panel's Republicans.

The hearing is the latest in a long-running and bitter dispute between the administration and congressional Republicans who have challenged the White House's actions before and after the Benghazi attack.

The scheduled witnesses were Mark Thompson, acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism; Gregory Hicks, the former deputy of mission in Libya; and Eric Nordstrom, a former regional security officer in Libya who testified before the panel in October.







The dam's about to break on Benghazi.
~ Senator Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina

This could be a hinge point for the Obama administration. It's that serious for them.
~ John Bolton, UN Ambassador under George W. Bush

We need to know were these people culpable or not. If they were, why are they still on the payroll? Other than that, I've been able to read all the cables. I've seen the films. I feel like I know what happened in Benghazi. I'm fairly satisfied."
Look, if the House wants to have hearings, I hope they're done in a respectful way and hopefully it will shed some light on what happened.
~ Senator Bob Corker, R-Tennessee

When a president lies to the American people and is part of a cover-up, he cannot continue to govern. As the facts come out, I think we're going to see something startling. And before it's over, I don't think this president will finish his term unless somehow they can delay it in Congress past the next 3½ years.
. . . This is not minor. It wasn't minor when Richard Nixon lied to the American people and worked with those in his administration to cover up what really happened in Watergate. But, I remind you — as bad as Watergate was, because it broke the trust between the president and the people — no one died.
This is more serious because four Americans did, in fact, die.
~ Ex-Presidential Candidate and Right-Wing Radio Host Mike Huckabee

Brian Kilmeade: [A]nyone who says this is politically driven, or it's against the president, that's out the window. Because if there's a non-political season in this world in American politics, it's now. The mid-terms aren't close --
Steve Doocy [co-host]: Sure.
Kimeade: And the president is not running.
~ From Fox and Friends, 5-7-13

Yes, the attack on Benghazi was somehow engineered by the Obama Administration because somehow it was good for them. So if President Obama's not going to be impeached because he tanked the stock market, he will definitely be impeached because of Benghazi. Or actually, you know what? He'll RESIGN because of Benghazi. That would be perfect.
(Plays Audio of Mike Huckabee)
Can't exactly explain how it's going to happen, but I'm pretty sure it's going to happen. It's magic. If you say Benghazi enough, if you teach enough people who only type with the Capslock Key on Twitter to spell BENGHAZI - that "h" is really hard - then eventually President Obama will be impeached. Or he will resign. And then . . . we will get all of our ammunition back and finally get to meet his Gay Husband.
~ Rachel Maddow on MSNBC

I think I see the problem here. You can’t understand why everyone else isn’t as outraged as you, when it is because the rest of us aren’t sure if what you’re saying is true. And to be quite frank, you do have somewhat of a history of hysteria. You may be right, but the denizens of Bullshit Mountain have cried wolf before and after 18 months of intensive investigations you should be able to better state your case.
~ Jon Stewart on Comedy Central, via Raw Story

















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