Here’s a conversation worth having… Differences in average IQ between certain people groups does not diminish the inherent humanity in each of us.
I often have much ado about white folks in a similar way that Aaron McGruder does about black folks. That to me says something about race.
An aside for those pushing the IQ debate: We don’t have to just be right about stuff. We need to consider what it is worth really pushing when what seems so important may be in fact unhelpful.
I don’t intend to say everything will suddenly change as far as the possibly seemingly real differences in IQ that are provable across definable ethnographic lines.
I would also mention, if here is a spirit of honesty, that as we revel in our shared humanity real world results may vary. There will be advantages to certain groups as per yes intellect but also inherited culture and familial wealth, connections in the community, looking like most of the other people, etc.
People are people so why should it be u & i would get along so awkwardly? Can’t we settle with accepting one another’s humanity? Isn’t it worth it to attempt to conceive of what’s really going on behind the high towers of Emerald City? We’re all peeps.
And let the best of us rise up. Because that’s the way forward. I still hold dear Mr. Jocko Willink’s sentiment of when a dire situation lacks leadership, the leadership naturally must arrive in one way or another. Let us celebrate those that accept this call of destiny, wherever they come from, for the hope of a better tomorrow.
Jocko also speaks on how the role of the leader is the most vital role on any battlefield, and of course he extends the idea to the businessfield. This truth is exemplified in a show called Band of Brothers by the leader of the first American Airborne Division, the 506th, easy company.
There are numerous leaders depicted in the show that ranged the chain of command. The clear leader is Captain Winters, though. The scenes of his depicted military brilliance prove the essential necessity for leadership; just how much quick thinking and a strong heart can change the course of battle.
I would say in fact that a role taken later in the career of the actor that played Cap. Winters translated almost one-to-one the Jocko paradigm of battlefield solutions translating to business savvy; the Character Bobby Axelrod. The show is called Billions and is one of those shows, like House of Cards, that makes the lives of America’s elite seem exciting and intoxicating. But it’s not, as far as I know about it.
This is all quite a tangent, so allow me to conclude.
Lebron James is a genius as far as I’m concerned. Ye a genius. Einstein was a genius, Thomas Jefferson, a genius. Genius is good; it’s not everything, and yet. And look since we’re saying things here being a guy, a Man, if you will, that’s good too. Don’t worry, you don’t have to tell anybody I told you so. And I mean that for the ladies too.
We’re all people. Let’s get with that and then we can think of other things. And let’s praise those that embody the supersession of mere life, wherever they come from.
J.W. 