Race & Ethnicity
56 entries in this category
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Benefits of Mass Migration Outweigh CostsImmigration is inherently and reliably economically positive regardless of scale, composition, or management.
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Affirmative Action Causes No Reverse DiscriminationCivil rights protections and affirmative action do not discriminate against white people.
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Gender Care Ethical for Dysphoric KidsGender-affirming medical interventions for children with gender dysphoria satisfy basic standards of medical ethics on risk versus benefit.
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Policing Disparities Prove DiscriminationDisproportionate police searches of Black and Latino drivers indicate intentional racial discrimination unrelated to crime rates.
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Diversity is Our StrengthDiversity, particularly racial diversity achieved by reducing the proportion of white people, is a great strength that fosters creativity, dynamism, and moral progress.
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Anti-Bias Training WorksDiversity, equity, and inclusion trainings effectively reduce bias and discriminatory behavior.
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Race-IQ Inquiry Must Be SilencedOpen discussion and research on race differences in IQ are so dangerous that they justify censorship, institutional bans, or self-imposed ignorance to prevent racism and stereotypes.
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High-profile Hate Crime Allegations are Likely TrueHigh-profile hate crime allegations are presumptively true because systemic racism makes them statistically expected.
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Immigration Compensates for Low Birth RateImmigration is needed to compensate for low birth rates and solve population decline.
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Test-Blind Admissions Promote EquityEliminating standardized testing in college admissions would promote racial equity without harming academic preparation.
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Grooming Gangs are a Moral PanicThe Muslim grooming gang panic is a moral panic alleging that Asian men are sexually abusing young White girls in the United Kingdom.
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Implicit Bias Test Predicts DiscriminationThe Implicit Association Test measures unconscious racial bias that causes discriminatory behavior.
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Gender Pay Gap Proves DiscriminationWomen earn substantially less than men due to workplace discrimination rather than career choices and job differences.
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Poverty Drives Urban HomicidesPoverty, inequality, and deprivation are the root causes of high homicide rates.
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Racial Demographic Change Will Not Cause UpheavalRacial and ethnic demographic change in Western nations is inherently manageable and will not produce significant social disruption.
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Structural Racism Causes Health InequitiesStructural racism is a fundamental cause of health inequities.
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Post-Apartheid South Africa Safe for WhitesWhite residents and farmers in post-apartheid South Africa would live safely under black majority rule through liberal coexistence.
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Anti-Police Activism Cuts HomicidesReducing police presence through anti-police activism will lower violence and homicide rates in Black communities.
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Black on White Crime Not a Major IssueBlack on White crime in the United States is not a socially important issue.
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Border Surge Not Key Voter IssueA surge at the border from lax immigration policies would not be an important issue to most voters, and stronger enforcement would alienate Latino and progressive voters.
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Gifted Programs Shut Out MinoritiesGifted programs shut out high-performing Black and Latino children from low-income families due to systemic flaws that districts can fix.
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White Flight Driven by BigotryWhite residents fled urban neighborhoods due to irrational racist stereotypes about black crime and disorder when blacks moved in during the mid-20th century.
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Transgenderism Reveals True Inner SelfSudden transgender and nonbinary identifications among youth represent authentic innate gender identities finally freed for expression.
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Disinformation Research is ApoliticalAnti-disinformation efforts are an unbiased, politically neutral enterprise concerned with detecting and combatting lies.
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Black-White IQ Gap is 100% EnvironmentalThe Black-White IQ gap is entirely caused by environmental factors like socioeconomic status and education.
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School Spending Closes Racial GapsRacial gaps in school achievement are primarily caused by lower spending on black students, and increasing spending will narrow those gaps.
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BLM Not Responsible for Homicide SpikeThe spike in homicides in 2020 occurred started before George Floyd's death on May 25.
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SAT/ACT Scores Are Biased PredictorsStandardized test scores like SAT/ACT are less predictive of college success than high school GPA and exhibit bias against disadvantaged or minority students.
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Places Drive Homicide DifferencesDifferences in firearm homicide rates between adjacent neighborhoods are primarily caused by environmental features of places rather than differences in people.
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America Faces STEM ShortageThe US faces a massive shortage of STEM workers that justifies expanding the H-1B visa program.
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Airport Profiling is Racial DiscriminationAirport security must avoid profiling Arab or Middle Eastern-looking travelers to prevent racial discrimination and disparate impact.
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Schools Can Make All Students EqualSchools and equalized environments can eliminate or substantially narrow individual differences in student achievement and learning outcomes.
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Trans Skepticism Causes SuicideSkepticism of transgender ideology drives trans people to suicide and equates to genocide.
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Racial Statistics Unnecessary When Reporting on CrimeEffective reporting on crime does not require public acknowledgment of racial disparities in crime rates.
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Segregation Harms Black Children's Self-EsteemThe Clark doll experiment proved that segregation caused black children to develop low self-esteem and prefer white dolls over brown ones.
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Blacks Receive Harsher SentencesBlack and Latino defendants receive harsher sentences than Whites or Asians for most crimes.
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Honest Race Discussion Bad StrategyOpenly discussing race differences in intelligence and outcomes repels allies, alienates voters, and weakens efforts against progressivism.
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Universal Health Standards Fit All RacesClinical standards like growth charts and BMI thresholds assume a single human prototype applicable across all populations regardless of ancestry.
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Race is Entirely a Social ConstructRace is a social construct with no genetic basis, and there are no socially important differences between human ancestry groups.
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Gender is a Social ConstructGender is a social construct distinct from biological sex.
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No Racial Differences in Athletic AbilityRacial gaps in athletic performance such as West African dominance in sprinting and East African dominance in distance running stem from culture, stereotypes, or environment rather than genetics.
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Flynn Effect Shows Real IQ GainsMean IQ scores rose substantially during the 20th century due to a genuine increase in the capacity for intelligence.
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Refrigerator Mothers Cause AutismAutism and schizophrenia result from emotionally cold or dysfunctional mothers known as refrigerator or schizophrenogenic mothers.
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System 1 Thinking Causes Irrational ViolenceHuman errors, biases, and violence stem from fast System 1 thinking that can be corrected by deliberate System 2 reflection.
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Brain Differences Are Caused by Structural RacismRace differences in brain structure serve as a reminder of structural racism's public health effects.
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History is Class StruggleSocial dynamics dominated by conflict, as all history is class struggles.
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Mass Graves Found at Residential SchoolsGround-penetrating radar discovered mass graves of hundreds of Indigenous children at former residential school sites.
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Students Benefit from Integrated SchoolsStudents benefit academically and socially from racially integrated schools.
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Skull Shape Reveals Mental FacultiesThe contours of the skull reveal the size of brain organs responsible for specific mental faculties and personality traits.
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Mississippi Miracle is RealMississippi's rise in fourth-grade NAEP reading scores reflects real improvement.
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No Recent Human EvolutionThe human mind is adapted to the conditions of 10,000 years ago and has not changed since.
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Economics Alone Drives Urban DeclinePopulation decline in major American cities stems primarily from economic shifts like factory closures and job losses rather than high murder rates.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel Explain the Rise of the WestHistory followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples’ environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves.
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Multiculturalism Builds Social HarmonyMulticulturalism successfully manages ethnic diversity by fostering harmony through separate communities sharing a national myth.
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Income Inequality Drives CrimeHigher income inequality leads to more crime by increasing criminal payoffs and reducing opportunity costs.
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Skull Measurements of Different Races was BiasedSamuel Morton's skull measurements exemplified unconscious bias leading scientists to falsify data in support of racist views.