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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop
Eh? You honestly don't think this information should impact debates about immigration? All other aspects of immigration aside, this has tremendous impacts on the nation receiving immigrants. Social stratification is a thorny issue as is, but if there is a quantifiable & significant difference in IQ along racial lines within a nation there will be tremendous problems. IQ is not a perfect measurement of intelligence, but it is very useful at predicting, amongst other items, likely income. The practical reality is, then, that any nation home to two racial groups with significant differences in average IQ will experience racial stratification.
Considering that historical precedence shows that racial stratification is tremendously dangerous, it would seem advisable to avoid an immigration policy where it would likely result.
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And here is the fallacy of your argument. When you step out of a materialistic and consumption-driven world view, then there is no correlation between intelligence and ability to earn "income". First, it is an incredibly ignorant assumption that wealth is an indicator of
anything. The pursuit of wealth is the most vapid, superfluous, and disgraceful lifestyle a person can live. Living things are driven by social relations, now how many shells you can collect in your lifetime or how many shiny things you own. To say that earning power is tied to intelligence is also a ridiculous argument, because there are many people who acquire massive wealth yet are the most vile, stupid and reprehensible people on the planet. If anything, being driven by the pursuit of material things instead of social relations, cooperation, and meaningful contributions to society is a sign of low intelligence because wealth will not aid a living organism in any way.
Secondly, a foreign policy that allows selectively allows
both "intelligence" and "race" to become key factors in admission into the country would fail rather quickly. Our workforce in large part already depends on the huge numbers of immigrants we have coming both legally and illegally into this country. If anything, the key to preventing racial stratification is the allow more immigrants of various races to work throughout all areas of our society. It is when racial politics such as gerrymandering and Jim Crow laws were being widely used was when racial stratification was deeply entrenched in America, and only in the last few decades have we been able to make strides in achieving at least a semblance of racial equality in the workplace.