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Doer uit die Oos-Kaapse Engelse vesting, Rhodes, beskuddig Robert Brand, broer van die ewe polities korrekte joernalis Gerrit Brand, my van rassisme.

Because I had written elsewhere on this blog that  “it is certainly admissable that races, too, may differ not only in attitude but also in ability” he accuses me of racism. Brand, an Afrikaner at an English university, does not seem to understand English. The term “admissable” means, according to my dictionary, “(of a plan or idea) worthy of being accepted or considered. In law: acceptable as evidence”.

Unlike Robert Brand and his fellow white-hating, PC academics who have reduced the intellectual life in this country to iron-clad conformism last seen in pre-Galilean papal decrees on science (the earth being the centre of creation and the sun revolving around the earth and other such beliefs), I am prepared to accept any truth or fact that may be scientifically proven.

I therefore challenge Robert Brand to prove to me what he takes to be a self-evident fact, namely that sub-Saharan Africans have, on average, an equal IQ and an equal capacity to pass mathematics and science at school or university compared to whites. Or East Asians (Chinese, Japanese) for that matter.

Rather than “resting his case” as he glibly claims on his blog, he should rather present his case first and show us the evidence. Show us one country where the black population performs equally well in maths and science examinations compared to whites or Asians. Or a study comparing the average IQ of different races where the blacks are found to have an IQ equal to that of whites, i.e. 100.

Of course, Robert Brand will never take up this challenge, because – like the mediaeval Catholic church – his beliefs are based on a morality of strict racial and biological equality. Science or intellectual inquiry does not come into it.

Incidentally,  I happened to receive a newsletter from the Afrikanerbond which was forwarded to me in which the matric results are analysed:

2009 Matriekuitslae in ‘n neutedop

• In 1998 begin 1,444,018 kinders met Gr 1 (Matriekgroep van 2009)
• In 2005 begin 1,052,499 leerlinge met Graad 8 (Matriekgroep van 2009)
• In 2009 skryf 580,577 leerlinge matriek, oftewel 40% van die groep wat in 1998 met skool begin het.
• Van die 1 444 018 kinders wat in 1998 vir Graad 1 ingeskryf het, het 863 441 reeds die skoolstelsel verlaat voordat hulle in 2009 veronderstel was om matriek te skryf.
• Slegs 334 745 leerlinge slaag die Nasionale Senior Sertifikaat eksamen – (60,6% wat geskryf het)
• Slegs 109 706 kwalifiseer vir graadstudie (ongeveer 20% van kandidate wat geskryf het)

Vergelykende syfers vir die Matriekuitslae 2006 en 2009

2006 – 37 809 matrikulante met A tot C simbole vir Wiskunde

2009 – 31 743 matrikulante met A tot C simbole vir Wiskunde

2006 – 15 401 matrikulante met A tot C simbole vir Wetenskap

2009 – 10 258 matrikulante met A tot C simbole vir Wetenskap

2006 – 10 638 matrikulante met ‘n A simbool vir Wiskunde

2009 – 8 710  matrikulante met ‘n A simbool vir Wiskunde

2006 – 3 385 matrikulante met ‘n A simbool vir Wetenskap

2009 – 987 matrikulante met ‘n A simbool vir Wetenskap

2006 – 2 376 matrikulante met ‘n A simbool vir beide Wiskunde en Wetenskap

2009 – 981 matrikulante met ‘n A simbool vir beide Wiskunde en Wetenskap

2006 – 317 642 matrikulante skryf Wiskunde – 107 372 slaag (33.8%)

2009 – 290 407 matrikulante skryf Wiskunde – 133 505 slaag (45.97%)

2006 – 195 223  matrikulante skryf Wetenskap – 131 552 slaag (67.39%)

2009 – 220 882 matrikulante skryf Wetenskap – 81 356 slaag (36.83%)

(Syfers onder andere bekom vanaf South African Institute of Race Relations en prof Nick Grove – Registrateur van die UP)

The dismal and worsening picture of South Africa’s matric results cannot be explained purely by external conditions (not enough teachers or facilities, etc.) Other, hitherto unnamed, factors might be at work. Such as black aptitude for maths and science, for example.

In a normaland meritocratic society, these things might be glossed over. but in South Africa blacks are preferred over whites when it comes to appointments and educational opportunities. The system implicitly assumes that blacks are more capable than whites or at the very least equally capable.

But what if, as the evidence of poor academic and schooling prowess by blacks suggests, they are somehow – whether as a result of biology, the environment, apartheid or whatever cause – less capable than whites when it comes to logical reasoning and higher forms of decision-making requiring such reasoning?

In that case this society is being socially engineered to go backward! It is precisely punishing those with the capacity to perform much-needed technical and managerial tasks and rewarding those who, on average, lack such capacity.

Recently the appeal court in Bloemfontein found against the municipality of Pretoria (the same municipality prefers to go by the name of a cow or monkey called “Tshwane”)because it had prohibited a senior electrical engineer from appointing skilled whites as high-voltage electricians when no blacks could be found.

Rather than admitting that some races and some individuals might be more talented in certain fields than others and using such talents and skills to the advantage of the whole of society, the dogmatic egalitarians such as Robert Brand and of course the ANC government insist on the racist exclusion of skilled whites from managerial and technical positions.

The disastrious consequences of this insane policy of not making use of available skills possessed by whites will surely lead to the deterioration of services, infrastructure and the economy.  This is the real racist crime, not the mere mentioning of the possibility of racial differences in IQ or mathematical aptitude.

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Everyone has been commenting the South African matric results lately, including the fact that whites outscore blacks in marks and distinctions.

One black columnist doing some soul-searching is The Sowetan’s Sandile Memela. He writes:

A FEW days ago I had a conversation with my niece Nomfundo about matric results.

She is a second-year science student at Wits University. She obtained one distinction at a private school in matric.

Nomfundo does not believe that whites have greater intelligence than blacks.

“It is not that whites are smarter. The fact of the matter is that black students are just lazy and uninspired. They lack focus, discipline and determination ,” she says.

It is a fact that in the post-liberation period, African students in matric hold the record for being the worst performers.

If you look at the faces of smiling and happy pupils who have obtained more than six distinctions in matric this year, they are mostly white.

Of course, that tells us something, not about who has superior intelligence but who is willing to work, work and work hard even if they go to parties.

Nomfundo says during her high school days, what struck her was what African students were obsessed with.

“Black pupils seem to be interested in hairstyles, designer labels, parties and, of course, booze.”

Read the whole article here.

What Memela argues, is that black failure and white success may be ascribed to a difference in attitude. But just like two individuals may differ in both attitude and ability, it is certainly admissable that races, too, may differ not only in attitude but also in ability. How much of the one can be explained by the other? After all, if I am a bad golfer and I find the game frustrating, I am more likely to give it up than pursue and practise it until I become a low handicapper.

What goes for golf, goes for maths and science, as well as school or university in general. Since The Bell Curve, not to mention may scientific studies published in peer-review journals, we all know that blacks have a lower average IQ than whites. In South Africa, the white IQ is somewhere around 100 whereas the average black IQ is about 70.

Blacks generally prefer parties and festivals because a lot of them lack the mental ability to excel at such demanding subjects as mathematics and natural science which require logical reasoning and cognitive ability. Of course, a small minority – less than one percent – of such abilities and even the mediocre ones are showered with praise, bursaries, corporate scholarships and so on.

What government should do, is to bring back IQ tests in school like they used to exist under the old government. Research in this area should also be funded by companies and the National Research Foundation. Only when we have a better idea of South Africa’s cognitive and intellectual capital, will the debate about the matric results become meaningful and scientific, instead of vague exhortations to blacks to drink less beer and study more.

However, while ignoring race differences in IQ, Memela is quite right when he says:

“It is time black society accepted it is raising lazy and uninspired pupils who are encouraged to rely on false affirmative action.

In fact, black pupils have internalised a culture of entitlement that over-emphasises skin colour, worshipping at the altar of materialism and political connectivity over merit.

This marks the beginning of the end of black rule and self-determination as ultimate power, knowledge and intelligence will always rest with whites.”

The only problem is, South African whites have been so bamboozled by 0ur liberal media and the ANC government’s propaganda that they are starting to doubt their own talents.

Except for those white matriculants, mostly girls who, year after year when school-leaving results are published, continue to surprise us by shooting the lights out. One Afrikaans girl from Hoërskool Florida, Wilmé Olivier, obtained a 100% pass rate in the more difficult and demanding Alpha Mathematics.

But what kind of future is there for her and so many other white kids who obtain brilliant marks but who will soon be demotivated by anti-white discrimination in South Africa?

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