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Show Men Not of Born Equal EqualStudy ua 7 , 7Study Study Studyof Studyo o of Prinlitive Primitive PrimitiveRaces PrimitiveRaces Races Evidences EvidencesNew New York-All York All York , . - All men are arenot arenot arenot not born equal . . SCIentific SCIentificeVIdence Scientificevidence Scientificevidence eVIdence , long lacking lackmg or In- In InsufficIent insufficient in insufficient - sufficient , now points pomts to gen gen- genume gen- gen genuine genuine - - uine ume mental differences be- be between between be between - tween races apart from the themore themore themore more superficial SUperIOrity SUperIOritythat superioritythat superioritythat that results from advanta advanta- advantageous advantageous advantageous - - geous geographic locatIon locationproximity , pro proiumrty lmlty to other peoples peoplesand , and a background of culture cultureor or civilization . It has been natural to suppose supposethat that men d differ Ter ! from rom each other othermentally othermentally othermentally mentally as they do in the more ob obVIOUS obvious obvious VIOUS matters of skin color , shape of ofnose ofnose ofnose nose , or curhness curlJness curliness of hair But pro procurmg procuring procuring curmg curing scientific proof of such dif dif- dl- dl dlferences differences differences ! - ferences was a stupendous task The test with which an Amencan American Amencanchlld Americanchild Americanchild chlld child is given an I Q rating ratmg is ob obvlously obviously obviously vlously viously not suited swtcd to an adult Afri Afn- Afn Afncan Afri- Afri African African - - can Bushman Written tests are au automal1caUy automatieally automatically tomal1caUy tomatieally barred for the illiterate illiterateSo So called performance tests are arealmost arealmost arealmost almost equally useless The uncivilazed uncivi unCIVI- unCIVIlized uncivilized - lized lazed man cannot understand the directtons di directlons directions rectlons recttons m.ce mce necessary . sary , the pictures are aremeanmgless aremeaningless aremeaningless meanmgless meaningless to himA him himA A new attack is provided by com com- comparmg com- com comparing comparing - - paring parmg t two tso . 0 primitive pnmlbve peoples not notwIth notwith notv/ith notv ith wIth / civilized clvll1zed man but with each eachothcr eachother eachother othcr other Dr S D . , Porteus , psycholo psychoo- psychoo psycholo- psychoogISt psychologist psychologist ] - - gist widely known for his rus psycholog psycholog- psychologIcal psychological psychological - - ical maze tests , has gone to the des des- desert desert desert - ert wastes of central Australia and andto andto andto to the home of the Kalahari Kalahan Bush Bushmen Bushmcn Bushmen men mcn m in South Africa Mrlca . Despite better food and water sup sup- supply supply supply - ply and easier living hvmg conditions condltlons , the theBushmen Bushmen excelled the environmen environmen- environmentally environmentally environmentally - - tally unfavored Australian aborI- aborI aborIgines aborigines abon.gines abongines - . - gines inonly In only two res respects cts . , Dr . Por Por- Par- Par Porteus Parteus Porteus - "Primitive "PrmuUve teus reports in a new ncVI book , "Primi Primi "Prmu- "Prmu Prmu " - tive Uve EnvironmentMacjmillan Intelligence and EnVU'onment EnVUonment Environment ' , " ( Macmillan ) . They offer more de- de de - - termined determined resistance to white mvad- mvad invad- invad invadera mvaders mvad-era mvad era - ers era and they are more sk skillful 1ful ar- ar ar - tistically artistically . The Australians Austtahans Austtalians scored scoredabout scoredabout scoredabout about eleven cleven years on mental age tests agetests between , the Bushmen rated only be- be be - tween seven and eight clght years yenrs |