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| “ | "Are fat-bottomed girls smarter? Answer: Yes. They also have smarter kids, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California at Santa Barbara (PDF Doc). | ” |
For the past couple weeks, I’ve been seeing articles discussing the correlation between waist-hip ratio, and the intelligence women and the children they bear. According to the scientists at the Universities of Pittsburgh & California at Santa Barbara:
| “ | "In a study of more than 16,000 women, the curvy girls consistently outscored their slender counterparts on cognitive tests. Their kids outscored the skinny moms' kids too. But the researchers don't posit that bigger is automatically better. What matters is the size of the hips relative to the waist. That's because fat stored around the buttocks and thighs is high in omega-3 acids, which promote brain growth, while fat stored around the middle is loaded with omega-6 acids, which make your pants too tight." | ” |
In all the articles I’ve read though, none of them talk about the intelligence of Black people in relation to these findings. Admittedly though, they don’t mention any ethnic group. From Wikipedia to BBC news, they all choose pictures of white women, and I’m here thinking, that according to these statistics and the idea Black woman have the best body ratios on the planet. We should have the most inventors, scientists and doctors. But we don’t. We have billions of people all over the earth failing to solve our most important problems. What gives?
I'll tell you what gives! White folks are systematically working to keep us in submission to them
During his life, Honorebel Dr. Amos Wilson wrote at length on the way that Black people are born to excel in life, but at different developmental points, are made to fail. He talked about three major points that lead to Black people as a whole having a lower level of intelligence.
Prenatal Care
Nutrition
Under stimulation/Abuse in childhood.
During pregnancy, the child is at it’s most vulnerable state, and when Dr Wilson was doing his works, the Crack epidemic was in full swing, and many children were being born with defects due to use of the drug. Those children that didn’t have addicted parents still had the danger of lacking access to proper nutrition and this led to children who could neither cope with the world around them or compete with their peers. While the Crack epidemic is no longer as big an issue as it was then, the lack of access to nutrition still is.
The children who passed through the womb in relative good shape still had two more stages of life to get past before they could develop into strong, competent, constructive adults.
During infancy, a lot of parents have opted to feed their children store bought formula, rather than breast milk. As an educator of children, I’ve seen first hand what that does to their mental development. I found, that formula fed children have a hard time paying attention, taking part in learning exercises and just behaving in class. They constantly have to be refocused and disciplined. That also disrupts the learning environment of those around them. Personal anecdotes aside, studies have shown that breastfed children outperform formula fed children in all fields of academia. Studies have also shown that the brain scans of breastfed children have shown a higher level of development compared to formula fed children (pdf).
Finally, during childhood, the most well taken care of, well developed children have to face life in the racist amerikkkan school system. Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, in his books “Conspiracy to destroy Black Boys” found that in his many years as a counselor in the school system that by the fourth grade, even the highest performing Black students start to fall behind their peers, and he attributed it to the white teachers systematically destroying their natural precociousness and curiosity[3].
All that leads me back to the original point of bottom heavy women raising geniuses. Looking back on history, it makes sense why we could develop such complex civilizations, build massive structures, and traverse the globe thousands of years before anyone else. It also shows why its so important that the oppressors of black people work so hard at every turn to keep us dysfunctional, for if we are left alone long enough, our gifts will shine through. Let us have these facts in mind as we develop ourselves and our families.
For some suggestions on developing Black children, check out my article on that subject.
References
- ↑ Wilson, Amos N. "The Black Child - The First Two Years." The Developmental Psychology of the Black Child. New York: Africana Research Publications, 1978. 46-47. Print.
- ↑ Papalia, Diane E., and Sally Wendkos Olds. A Child's World: Infancy through Adolescence. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. Print.
- ↑ Kunjufu, Jawanza. Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys. Chicago: Afro-Am Pub., 1983. Print.
