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Letter to the editor: Poverty and environment shape achievement

I read a disturbing column by Michael Barone in a recent edition of The Herald-Dispatch. He reviewed a recent book by Charles Murray, “Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America.” The book asserts that blacks exhibit lower cognitive abilities and they commit crimes at a much higher rate. That might be true, but it doesn’t answer the question why. Is the answer in the genes or the environment? Is it nature or nurture? West Virginia is the least diverse state in the union. We’re practically all white. If the answer is in our genes, we should be awash in Nobel Laureates. I searched the web for an article about the average IQ test scores among the 50 states. I found an article by Michael McDaniel, formally a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. His findings were later published in the Washington Post. He listed the test scores of each state. Massachusetts was Number 1 and Mississippi was Number 50. We came in at Number 37. How can that be? We’re

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