I absolutely do not rule out the possibility that African Americans are, on average, genetically predisposed to be less intelligent. I could also obviously be convinced that by controlling for the right variables, we would see that they are, in fact, as intelligent as white people under the same circumstances. The fact is, some things are genetic. African Americans tend to have darker skin. Irish people are more likely to have red hair.
Third-year Harvard Law student Stephanie Grace finds herself at the center of a storm after she sent a mass email about “the possibility that African Americans are, on average, genetically predisposed to be less intelligent.” That email began to circulate the Internet and ended up on Above the Law. When reached by phone for comment by Gawker, Grace giggled, “That’s not me,” and hung up. She’s set to clerk for Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski—the same judge who had to recently recuse himself from an obscenity case when “cow porn” pictures were discovered on his computer
Looks like Alito will fight Clarence Thomas over this one
