In 1994, I read a book by the title of The Bell Curve, the premise of which was that African Americans could not pass IQ tests because they were black. It was featured prominently in all book stores in the Denver area where I was living at the time. I had no real interest in the subject other than the fact that I knew the premise to be wrong. I promptly forgot it. About two years later, I heard of the right-brain/left-brain theory and knew that was the answer to the fact that African Americans scored low on IQ tests. It was one of those "aha" moments we sometimes get - the light bulb effect....
In 1994, I read a book by the title of The Bell Curve, the premise of which was that African Americans could not pass IQ tests because they were black...