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kolawaxxy: good! Now here is my answer; I DO NOT KNOW. I do not care to know. I wasn't there when the creation occured. I just want you to know that there is a supreme being.

Ishilove: Obadiah, do something about this thread:
www.nairaland.com/1555810/how-kill-god#20237581

It is a thread opened to mock God and Christians. It is highly offensive to my beliefs as a Christian. Enough of these nonsense in this section.

y2k62: I've used norton before. Believe me it's crap

Smart jeezy: Slap Oni Of IFE?U Must Be Madt.

bigfrancis21: Done.

Pope Xander VII: [b]My impression is that it is often even easier to fool so-called conservatives. These folk are always suspected of racism, and when they find that seeming stellar African American intellectual, the fawning can be embarrassing. This, they hope, will convince the world that they are not racists, and they may even exaggerate the imposter's abilities--a mediocrity becomes brilliant. Needless to say, these highly presentable intellectual lightweights are often sufficiently savvy to exploit conservatives anxious to demonstrate their anti-racist bona fides.

What separates real life, including politics, from the academy is that real life seldom requires the individual to pass a tough test to demonstrate genuine mastery prior to being given a position. Only afterwards, when the candidate is elected or the junior executive hired, are there unexpected "surprises." At least initially, superficiality always carries the day. A well-tailored, eloquent black office seeker can easily impress audiences by announcing "the declining yield of each marginal investment suggests a cautionary approach." But the listener can never know if this high-sounding verbiage reflects knowledge, or just a knack for picking up economic lingo. Certainly no media personality will ask if this declining yield still represents a net gain in light of alternative investments elsewhere, or whether the opportunity costs associated with alternatives still warrant investment. If this occurred, the interviewer, not the befuddled black candidate, would be condemned with the withering statement that "No white candidate would be so badgered." Thus no incentives exists to expose the arriviste.

Conflating articulateness with high intelligence invites disaster, since the "smart style" is all too easily acquired. Think of Eddie Murphy playing Prof. Sherman Klump in The Nutty Professor. The tip-off is usually the lack of tangible accomplishment, for example, a well-crafted research paper done with minimal assistance. Verbal ability and "white" style is decisive. Again, the fact that many whites, particularly conservatives, desperately want to believe the best, only facilitates the swindle. Perpetrators may even believe their own act since it goes undisputed.

Thus, after decades of failed efforts to achieve racial equality, the market for black empty suits is booming. We've invested billions, perhaps trillions, to get blacks into high-level positions, and to demand a genuine demonstration of intellectual competence, not just mesmerizing appearances, risks exposing massive wastefulness. What you see is not what you get.[/b]

Pope Xander VII: [b]What can paper over this deficiency is that many black students master the outward signs of "being smart." This is traditional outsider adaptive behavior, regardless of ethnic/racial backgrounds, and is reflected in phrases such as "passing" or "fitting in." For those with above average intelligence, a keen eye plus a gift for mimicry is often sufficient to play imposter. Familiar academic tools include learning fancy words like "paradigmatic" adroit name-dropping, affecting the professorial sartorial style (e.g., a tweed jacket, blue Oxford shirt), certain verbal mannerisms, even a sprinkling of Yiddish in some venues. A PowerPoint presentation with multiple equations bedazzles. A few Black Panthers once pulled off this deception by tossing around a little Marxism. This is no different from a competent actor with a few weeks of observation plus some props convincing an audience that he is a business tycoon though the real tycoon would sense the charade.

There is a scientific basis to this skilled imitation. IQ test data indicate that blacks usually perform better on items reflecting social norms, less well on abstract, highly "g" loaded items. This is the opposite of popular criticisms of IQ testing, which argue (falsely) that blacks score low because they lack access to the "white" culture underlying IQ tests. In reality, blacks perform worse on abstract, non-cultural sub-tests like spatial relations and better on questions reflecting everyday life (e.g., "What is a bed?" an actual question on the popular WAIS-R IQ test). Thus, a black sociology student who confidently asks about a "construct validity of a multi-dimensional operational indicator" at the department's Thursday symposium will be deemed a rising star and doubters risk being called racist ("Are you hinting that blacks can't do measurement"?). And with actor-like performances rewarded by approving professors, this superficial verbal facility improves. But when lengthy tests require students to evaluate and apply in detail alternative validity approaches to varied statistical indicators, the game is up.

Non-university people cannot grasp just how simple it is to fool those wanting to believe that outward appearances signify intellectual ability. This is particularly the case in soft disciplines that do not require mathematics. The clever law student imposter can conspicuously carry around legal tomes, ask "serious" questions whose sole purpose is to name-drop obscure cases, complain about spending too much time in the library, join organizations to build a stellar resume, and otherwise construct a false persona. Success at one level leads to triumph at the next. Few professors have the gumption to flunk a pretender who has successfully fooled dozens of others (con artists use this technique when telling potential suckers about all the others who have bought the scheme). But assuming that the lightweight must be the real thing is painless.[/b]

Pope Xander VII: The empty black suit
[b]Joseph Kay, a professor at a prominent university, explores a fascinating and familiar phenomenon that to my knowledge has never before been analyzed at length: the black who through imitation of an intellectual manner is able to create a convincing but false appearance of intellectual ability and build a career on that basis. Prof. Kay has previously written an article at VFR on why many Third-World immigrants cannot be assimilated.
The Empty Black Suit
By Joseph Kay
There is a certain type of black student on today's campus who outwardly is smart, articulate, motivated, ambitious, punctual, socially engaging, and all else that any professor might want. For both the champions and the doubters of affirmative action, such black students seem to be just what the doctor ordered to banish racial stereotypes. Unfortunately, the performance of such students on intellectually demanding tasks usually disappoints. The anticipated "A" on a research paper, for example, turns out to be a minimal "C," and, to make matters worse, writing style, logic, footnoted references, and all else indicating cognitive talent contradict the splendid outward appearances. Compromise typically resolves the discrepancy. To avoid trouble, the "A"-looking African American student is given a "B" for "C" work. If he or she complains of the unanticipated "B," matters can deteriorate yet further. Discussions may reveal an inability to grasp the assignment's aim or why the performance was judged sub-standard. He or she may claim that similar work always won "A's" elsewhere. It is as if professor and student resided on different planets.
Because these surprised professors only know their own students, and are not aware of the general phenomenon, they seldom dig deeper. The lousy grade is easily attributed to shoddy high school preparation, lack of prior help, and the other liberal excuses that are proffered for low black academic achievement. Moreover, similar outcomes have occurred with white students, i.e., the classroom brain unexpectedly flunks the course. But what makes this "disappointing smart-appearing black" phenomenon interesting is that it is pervasive. When the subject is raised in personal conversations, countless professors say, "Yes, now that you mention it, I've had several like that, but I thought I was the only one."
These disappointing outcomes are predictable, and have consequences far beyond the campus. The problem begins with the fact that few African Americans at a given university, thanks to lowered admission standards, have the IQs necessary to compete with their white classmates. If merit alone determined admission, this mismatch would not occur. All students would vie on a roughly level IQ playing field, and, given overall IQ distributions, few blacks would populate top academic programs.[/b]

natedroid: I am from Eastern Nigeria and I am Jewish, I had the honour of formerly converting to Judaism while I was out of the country and I know a number of Igbos in Nigeria and in Israel who practice Judaism and identify themselves as Jews.

Some Igbos believe that they are one of the lost tribe of ancient Israel as a result of the striking cultural similarities between the Igbo and Jewish cultures. For example, The Igbos are the only people in black West Africa who circumcise their male child on the 8th day after birth. The commandment of circumcision is a Biblical injunction and Igbos observed this practice even before the advent of the European expedition in West and and the coming of Christianity here.
There are other Igbo customs too that are very similar to Jewish customs. Over the years a number of Igbos who believe that they are descended from ancient Israel have embraced Judaism and started returning to Jewish practice (Judaism). and there are actually a handful of Jewish synagogues scattered across Nigeria.

Converting to Judaism under a recognized and legitimate Rabbinical court is one method of becoming fully Jewish. Personally I have been formerly converted by a Rabbinical Court and like other Jews in other part of the world I am recognized as a Jew irrespective of my colour and I am also eligible to migrate to Israel should I wish to since Israel was created as a homeland for the Jewish people and eagerly welcomes back home any Jew who chooses to live in Israel.

There is truth and light in the Torah! shalom

god_of_music: Mumu. The world started from Israel! The Middle East.


Everybody originated from that land, The Igbos originated from Jews and that they have recognized!

Whay don't you go dig out your roots lost soul?


#TeamGOM

Logicboy03: Says the guy who registered in september......


Anyhoo...did you see my last frontpage topic? Epic


There is no prime when it comes to intelligence....either you are intelligent or not

Logicboy03: smh.....look at the date of the op


Then apologize

caldermichaels: Don't lie. U will miss him, Logicboy makes nairaland interesting for pple lyk me dat loves reading arguments btw him and Christians. Even thou I dnt share his beliefs, I believe he makes reasonable arguments at times

POPE II: why did you bring this trash on the front page ? You did that for people to laugh @ igbo right?

Logicboy03:

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That way to the politics section.....even your friends couldnt give you a befitting eulogy

aManFromMars: Are you gay?

kingston277: So you are all knowing about Africa's pre-colonial development even though it has been poorly excavated. 5 years ago nobody though African had the wheel until old pics had to be dug up by historians.



Have you not heard of the trans-saharan trade routes?

macof: Chinese ancestors were the oldest to wat u would call "civilization" and "development"
Dating far back as over 500,000yrs ago by Homo Erectus

China wasn't known to the outside world until around 50AD
Quick Exposure is not the thing

Sam32: #this is really stewpid!! Is learning another language a sign of inferiority complex. Gosh! @OP u obviously dnt knw d importance of learning a foreign language, so jxt keep quiet. U nd d cow rearing sidekick adamsky shld av a rethink concerning wot language means!! U r jst :|

agbameta: This is corruption alert week for Nigeria.

1. Tanbuwal

2. Sanusi

3. OBJ

4. George Bush

Something is brewing...

>>>>Who's next?

Logicboy03: -Just like Jesus, I always knew that Amanfrommars would be a judas to atheists since last year (I didnt know it would be to me)
-I predicted that I would be around when Jesoul fell in January.....Jesoul left under questionable circumstances
-I predicted that Humbledbygrace would fail/leave the job......she messed up alot and finally left the job




How do i do it?