Psychologist Richard Nisbet says group differences between black and white are not genetic. In a bad environment, it doesn't matter how good your genes are, intelligence cannot be nurtured. The analogy often uses with plant height is the height of plants grown in rich or nourished environments. But if you compare plant heights between plants grown in impoverished environments that have little to no water or sunshine and crappy dirt, the differences are primarily environmental.
In this special episode of the podcast, Michael Shermer talks about:
- why race still matters
- why race shouldn’t matter
- racism
- BLM (Black Lives Matter), CRT (Critical Race Theory), DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
- Anti-bias training
- the Implicit Association Test and if it measures unconscious racism
- race and IQ and why such group differences are environmental and not genetic
- how we can achieve a post-race world.