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I think the whole article is appalling. The amount of allegations there are regarding racism in the uk at the moment, but yet we are allowed to put down white people. THAT IS RACISM. I am a white female and I feel hurt that people can discriminate the knowledge of a person because of they’re race. Statistics are not everything. Only because we are white DOES NOT mean we are thick!

Danielle, Croydon

This is very true. Research into intelligence distribution among different racial groups is controversial and, I suspect, difficult to fund and pursue in the current climate. This does not mean that there are not differences between the races. The fundamental mistake made by many people is conflating “equality” with “homogeneity”. i.e. believing that the discovery of differences between us has some bearing on the morality of equality. It does not. Is it prejudiced to refuse a man a job in childcare solely on the grounds of sex? Yes. Is it prejudiced to understand that more women than men want to work in childcare? No. I think the one thing we can be sure of is that, if detailed research begins to map the distributions of abilities and capacities amongst our differing races and sexes, Danielle will continue to be “obviously below average”.