Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic I just noticed this, Blacks and Hispanics Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]Thunder Road[/m] at 5:22 pm on Oct. 13, 2008[quote]Often lose earlier in games shows such as Jeopardy, Who wants to be smarter than a 5th and who wants to be a millionaire IQ problem?[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Thunder Road Posted at 5:22 pm on Oct. 13, 2008 Often lose earlier in games shows such as Jeopardy, Who wants to be smarter than a 5th and who wants to be a millionaire IQ problem?

Replies kidd rune Posted at 5:46 pm on Oct. 13, 2008 Ian Jobling, American Renaissance, Feb. 2004 This gap is large and persistent. In fact, test results show that by the time they finish high school, minorities (unless otherwise specified, this means blacks and Hispanics) are approximately four academic years behind whites. Their achievement test scores in 12th grade are, at best, about equal to those of whites in the 8th grade, and sometimes dramatically lower. The graph below this paragraph, taken from No Excuses by Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom (see sidebar, page 6) deserves careful study. Please note that the racial comparisons are not of children in the same grade, but of 8th grade whites and Asians and 12th grade blacks and Hispanics. It shows that an employer who hires a black or Hispanic with a high school diploma will, on average, get the intellectual equivalent of a white 14-year-old. Things are actually even worse. Only slightly more than half of blacks and Hispanics even graduate from high school, as opposed to 72 percent of whites, so the dropouts are even more miserably qualified. SAT and ACT Scores by Race/Ethnicity: 2003 SAT Ethnic Group Scores (Math/Verbal+total) • Asian American-----575/508 (1083) • White-----534/529 (1063) • Other ----513/501 (1014) • American Indian---482/480 (962) • Other Hispanic----464/457 (921) • Puerto Rican----457/448 (905) • African American-----426/431 (857) Source: www.collegeboard.com Average ACT Composite Score by Race/Ethnicity, 2003 • Asian American---- 21.8 • Caucasian---- 21.7 • Multiracial-----20.9 • Other ----19.3 • Hispanic----19.0 • American Indian---18.7 • Mexican American----18.3 • African American ----16.9 Source: www.act.org http://www.blackexcel.org/06-sat-act-scores-by-race-ethnicity.htm SAT Scores Increase 30 Points for Each One Level Increase in Their Parents' Education Change in SAT Math and Verbal Scores by race, 1975-1995 ATTI Posted at 5:40 pm on Oct. 13, 2008 Because they have lower education standards in the poor schools? HuffleHaire Posted at 5:38 pm on Oct. 13, 2008 That's a pretty huge generalization xblackpoisonx Posted at 5:29 pm on Oct. 13, 2008 im spanish and im an honor student.  you think that you could do better HaouLance99 Posted at 5:26 pm on Oct. 13, 2008 I'm Hispanic, but I'm no dumbass. The reason most people tend to lose early in Millionaire is because they always use the "Ask the Audience" lifeline early on, when it almost always works, which would make it more useful for the 16,000+ questions. r o c 2 Posted at 5:24 pm on Oct. 13, 2008 cause we're full of that kush zombie4life Posted at 5:24 pm on Oct. 13, 2008 Post from this position was omitted due to content violations Uptown Swag Posted at 5:23 pm on Oct. 13, 2008 Post from this position was omitted due to content violations All 8 previous replies displayed.