This Needed To be Said

The Chosen People​

Byron M. Roth, American Renaissance, November 2011


Richard Lynn, The Chosen People: A Study of Jewish Intelligence and Achievement, Washington Summit Publishers, 2011, 408 pp.

The Chosen People: A study of Jewish Intelligence and Achievement is the most recent work of Richard Lynn dealing with group differences in IQ and their ramifications. As in all of his previous work over the past decade, he substantiates his arguments with huge quantities of empirical data. He advances his positions dispassionately and lets the facts speak for themselves, which they do in impressive, nearly irrefutable fashion. In his previous books he examined racial and ethnic differences in IQ for many groups. The Chosen People is a case study of one distinct group that has shown remarkably similar patterns of achievement in a wide variety of settings.

Professor Lynn begins by pointing out the extraordinary success of Jews in almost every field. In the 19th century the restrictions that had prevented most Jews from advanced nonreligious study began to be lifted in most of Western Europe, and by mid-century, “people began to observe that Jews were outstandingly successful, and began to speculate that this was attributable to their intellect.” (Unless otherwise noted, all quotations are from Professor Lynn.)

At that time the great bulk of Jews were still living in Eastern Europe, but owing to pogroms beginning around 1880, Jews began migrating to Western Europe and especially to the United States. They formed part of the massive immigration to the US in the period from 1880 to 1924.

Prof. Lynn writes:


The development of IQ tests confirmed the impression that Jews were unusually intelligent, and Professor Lynn’s extensive review of the literature indicates that Jews in the US have an average IQ of 110 compared to 100 for other Europeans. This would help account for their outstanding performance in a variety of fields. Though Jews are only about 0.2 percent of the world population, half the world’s chess grandmasters, for example, and 16 percent of Nobel Prize winners for science have been Jews. For Professor Lynn, the purpose of his book “is to document and explain such achievements.”

https://www.amren.com/features/2011/11/the-chosen-people/
How much time and effort are you going to expend repeating yourself?
 
White men built this country. Blacks tend to be more affluent in the United States than in any black majority, black run country on earth. East Asians in the United States tend to be more affluent than whites in the United States. That is because they tend to be more intelligent than whites on the United States. In the United States Jews, who have been discriminated against in the United States. tend to be more successful than even East Asians. White Gentiles did not give anything to East Asians and Jews. They earned it.
Earned or not, both did (and still do) benefit from DEI. Back in the days of what you call "meritocracy", both were mostly barred from a lot of prestigious colleges and jobs, and as recently as the 1970s a lot of clubs and restaurants wouldn't admit Jews.
 
Earned or not, both did (and still do) benefit from DEI. Back in the days of what you call "meritocracy", both were mostly barred from a lot of prestigious colleges and jobs, and as recently as the 1970s a lot of clubs and restaurants wouldn't admit Jews.
My point is that the Jews overcame that with hard work and high IQs. Now they are usually more prosperous than white Gentiles.
 
I am a Christian who buys kosher food at every opportunity.

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The point I was trying to make was that institutions weren't banning Jews to prevent from having to cook kosher food. Jews know how to navigate gentile society. If a place doesn't have certified kosher options, we can deal with it -- chicken, rice, and vegetables are always safe. (Although filet mignon isn't! :( I just learned that last year,)
 
Or the simple-minded who conflate every political grievance into the same thing.
Or those too lazy or dim-witted to separate nuance from noise, painting every issue with the same evasive brush.
 
Or those too lazy or dim-witted to separate nuance from noise, painting every issue with the same evasive brush.
Yes, different topics are different.
Different topics are not the same.

That's objective facts. Laziness is just blaming generalities, races or political parties for all of your grievances.

That woman has.pink hair, she's the reason we can't have nice things. 👍
 
Yes, different topics are different.
Different topics are not the same.

That's objective facts. Laziness is just blaming generalities, races or political parties for all of your grievances.

That woman has.pink hair, she's the reason we can't have nice things. 👍
The left needs to be put back in that dark place where America kept them for most of our history. Where they govern, destruction follows.
 
The left needs to be put back in that dark place where America kept them for most of our history. Where they govern, destruction follows.
Yes, the left is the all encompassing generality you use to describe people you hate.
 
Maybe they didn't want the hassle or lower profits of kosher cooking. Which is probably healthier than what most Americans eat.
Yeah, no. You know damn well that is not why those establishments barred Jews.

My point is that the Jews overcame that with hard work and high IQs. Now they are usually more prosperous than white Gentiles.
I know what your point is. And that point is at least partially wrong.
 
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