CONSEQUENCES OF NOT BEING ACCOUNTABLE...THE BELL CURVE

Never has curiosity or rumors been so rampant than that of the intelligence of the African American. Back in the mid 90’s a book was written by Charles Murray and published entitled The Bell Curve. The book was received with wide acclaim by the white populace receiving over 1.2 million from right-wing foundations for his work, the book claimed that IQ tests revealed black people to be genetically less intelligent than whites, thus explaining their low place in society. To this very day it is still the subject of conversation among the white populace.

The book goes on further to say that the dumb blacks, with their dangerously high reproductive rates, might have to be kept in "a high-tech and more lavish version of an Indian reservation" without such luxuries as "individualism, equal rights before the law," and so on. Reviewers proposed more moderate solutions, like just taking away their welfare checks.

What is more disturbing than the above comments is when your actions validate the above. Where is the intelligence in brothers and sisters referring to one another as niggas? Nigga, the most demeaning and degrading word on the face of the earth and it is taken to be used endearingly and affectionately. Who in their right mind goes around disrespecting themselves, but in some twisted way of thinking expects the world to show them some respect anyway, other than the African American.

At some point African Americans are going to have to learn to become accountable for their own actions and then books like The Bell Curve becomes a mute point. Until then, the actions of the African American makes it very easy for books such as The Bell Curve to be written.