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ask them what sea surrounds Italy, a real Italian should know that.
 

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But you don't get annoyed at them for saying they're Italian?

no my response to someone saying italians call themselves italian americans was that the italians i know dont call themselves italian americans
 

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I'm not Italian, but I think Mediterrannean is the main one, accept any of the 5, then.

Just don't ask an American what Ocean is East of USA.

Med, Adriatic borders the entire east coast of Italy, Ligurian (northern Italy, Italian Riveria, Genoa, Portofino, etc.), Tyrranean (sp?) and I don't know the fifth. Ligurian, Tyrr and the other one are sometimes considered part of Med.

Or what country is north of USA.
 

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If a certain group are in favor of AA for education and employment, then it should be prevalent throughout society - even pro sports. For example, every NBA roster would be mandated to have 3 blacks, 3 whites, 3 latinos, and 3 asians.
 

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If a certain group are in favor of AA for education and employment, then it should be prevalent throughout society - even pro sports. For example, every NBA roster would be mandated to have 3 blacks, 3 whites, 3 latinos, and 3 asians.

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I'm down with that.
 

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true equality would mean basing employment on percentage of population. for instance each line of work should employ about 13% hispanic and 12% black to equal the population. however, that number would be unfair to other ethnic groups, because hispanics especially, have larger families ie more children so less employable workforce
 

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If a certain group are in favor of AA for education and employment, then it should be prevalent throughout society - even pro sports. For example, every NBA roster would be mandated to have 3 blacks, 3 whites, 3 latinos, and 3 asians.


3 asians? WTF? You want your team to lose?
 

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3 asians? WTF? You want your team to lose?

Go to China and find some of the genetically engineered ones like Yao. Otherwise, Yuta Tabuse is going to be rolling in cash.
 

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the bottom line is this....hispanics and blacks have problems, have had had problems and will have the same problems 100 yrs from now in this country not because of discrimination...but because of their natural intellectual weakness. Jews are probably more discriminated against than these groups yet they consistently rise to the top.

The ave IQ of blacks in the us is roughly 85/hispanics 88/whites 100/asians 103-105...considering 100 is average and 60 is retarded...there is to large a gap between the races for them to compete without AA.
 

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I disagree about hispanics - They prob score lower because of a bad education. Not their fault at all - I agree that blacks are stupid though.
 

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the bottom line is this....hispanics and blacks have problems, have had had problems and will have the same problems 100 yrs from now in this country not because of discrimination...but because of their natural intellectual weakness. Jews are probably more discriminated against than these groups yet they consistently rise to the top.

The ave IQ of blacks in the us is roughly 85/hispanics 88/whites 100/asians 103-105...considering 100 is average and 60 is retarded...there is to large a gap between the races for them to compete without AA.

2 points

1 - Are they "competing" even with AA? Sure, it will open doors that may not have otherwise been open for someone with capability and they will thrive, but placing someone in a job or college who doesn't have the underlying skills isn't going to do anything for them. They will get into a competitive situation (whether college or work) and fail. Giving someone an opportunity doesn't necesarily mean they will be able to compete when the handouts stop.

2 - While IQ is a measure of intelligence it has nothing to do with desire to work. There are plenty of jobs that can be had that don't require high intelligence but still provide a good quality of life. This is where the cycle of poverty gets perpetuated. Immigrants work these jobs and advance socio-economically if not intellectually, american poor don't.
 

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I don't think IQ varies much by race, more like you need the IQ and the ability to attend ( pay for) college in order to become a doctor or something.

The poor black kid in Detroit may have the IQ ( born with it) but goes to SHIT schools, and doesn't get nearly as much chance for a scholarship, so then if/when he even graduates HS, he has to go right to work at Walmart, and becoming a doctor doesn't have much hope. He could join military, but that is still a much harder path to college.

The middle class white kid has an easier path, likely goes to much better schools, and possibly can go right to college after HS.

Any source of IQ by race ?
 

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i agree that blacks are stupid. my god...we can see that the overabundance of p/c doesnt exist in this forum. lol
 

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Can't think of too many latino NBA players also.

Eduardo Najara too. The Suns had some guy named Ortiz a few years back. I would imagine Francisco Garcia is of latin decent as well.
 

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