Edgar J. Steele - Defensive Racism - An Unapologetic Examination of Racial Differences (2004).pdf

From the introduction:

"Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes to the bone, some cynically jest. Many argue that the only difference between the races is skin color. If true, our discussion would end right here, because then racism of any sort truly would be reprehensible conduct. However, they are wrong. Race goes beyond the bone, in fact, and is lodged deeply within our DNA.

A popular current myth has it that there are no intellectual differences between the races, despite contrary results derived in every study of intellect ever done by anybody. This myth also flies in the face of the personal experience of virtually every human being alive.

If one can inherit a superior muscle structure, readily confirmed by the barest of glances at the racial makeup of pro sports rosters, then why is it such a stretch for so many to believe that superior intellect is genetically encoded, as well? Because those same myth purveyors believe that superior intellect makes for superiority, period, that's why. The good news is that they are wrong about the superiority thing. The bad news is that they are wrong about the lack of racial intellectual differences. The worse news is that they are in charge.

Because raw intellect is measured so easily, there really can be no rational contesting of the obvious differences in racial IQs. For me, IQ has become a singularly uninteresting question. For those who might take issue with me and become disappointed in my disinterest, there are many books and research study reports. Perhaps the best is "The Bell Curve. " Read it. Though we will cover some of the more significant IQ studies later in this book, do your own research. Think it out for yourself. Until you can overcome your programming by this simple precursor, the rest of my discussion will be a waste of time for you.

The more interesting questions concern differences brought about by racial culture, on the one hand, and one's genetic structure, on the other. IQ merely is one aspect of genetic determination, after all, as is skin color.

Character, for lack of a better term, is a far more important result, one that only recently is being recognized as having a genetic component. We come to life with a full set of matching luggage, already partially filled on the day we are born; indeed, on the day we are conceived. As we grow up, our culture, composed of those around us, especially those with whom we identify, allows us to complete the packing of our luggage, which we drag with us through every moment of our lives.

Culture and genetic predisposition or proclivity are mere kissing cousins, in my opinion. I like to think of genetics as being culture and prior behavior gone to seed. By the way, this outlook works whether one believes in evolution or creation as the source of man.

In animals, we call this culture-gone-to-seed "instinct," of course. We humans often confuse it with reincarnation or various forms of extrasensory perception. It is a far more important cause of racial differences than intellect and has led to some, if not most, of the national disasters throughout history.

By now, you should be agreeing with how irrelevant skin color differences are, incidentally, yet another uninteresting question. We have much bigger fish to fry in this book.

I know - some reading this wonder if I am a racist. Well, it depends, of course. The more interesting question is whether you are a racist. Stick around and find out. By the end of this book, the answer to both questions should be more than apparent."