British Ubermensch

Check out this specious bullcrap from the Mail on Sunday (not linking 'em), about how blue-eyed people are supposedly more intelligent than those dirty brown-eyed foreigners and assorted non-Aryans. I risk running into Godwins Law here, but it's interesting to note that googling on Dr Fallone's name quickly brought up an article about how blonds were better people than non-blonds and another titled 'Fewer People Have Proper Genetics', also complaining about how the master race is being diluted. Again, no link, google if you want 'em.

For those not familiar with UK newspapers, the Daily Mail (~ Mail on Sunday) is a right wing hate rag always brimming with invective decrying the Labour government, foreigners, Islam, immigration and any sort of social change. People the Mail supports have included Jean-Marie Le Pen (Holocaust denier, French National Front), the BNP (Skinhead/Neo Nazi Group) and all manner of Stormfronty politicians and xenophobes.

To say that historically blue-eyed people have been over-represented in intellectual and scientific achievement is probably not too outlandish, blue eyes being most common in Northern Europeans and the white man having the resources to support educational and scientific institutions. To have the means and education to stand on the shoulders of giants was (is?) doubtless easier if you came from a wealthy white background, and therefore more likely to have blue eyes. No need to confuse correlation with causation though. If actual genetic evidence can be provided to prove a link, I'll recant, until then I have solid doubts - though I'm sure those who'd like to believe in the article will require little more proof than the word 'Dr'.

As an aside, growing up in Zimbabwe, when companies with white executives wanted to hire only white staff (not too uncommon) it was politically incorrect to say so in want ads, so 'blue-eyed' was sometimes used as code. I've not encountered this in the UK, so perhaps the racist overtones are not as apparent - or intended - to Mail readers.

Created 2007-08-21 01:15:44 by strix and filed under stupid

Comments

Matt writes...

The Mail isn't anywhere near as right wing as the hateful, fascist Guardian Newspaper. Read by posh, young Tories who feel it more trendy to associate themselves with the likes of Che Guevara , they call themselves left wing while all the time having a very capitalist opinion. Proof the Guardian Newspaper is a Fascist rag: it is very pro EU-therefore dislikes democracy and habeas corpus, witch hunts are carried out on people who have a differing political opinion and it hates free speech (political correctness)- to name but a few.

posted: 2008-01-9 22:08:05

strix writes...

@Matt: Now that's a YouTube comment right there.

website: http://strix.org.uk posted: 2008-01-27 16:19:29

luca writes...

Speaking as someone with green eyes, i have no vested interest either way, but to be fair all the article states is that blue eyed folks are better in strategic planning. It doesn't mean that they are essentially smarter just that they are more adept in this particular regard.

posted: 2008-04-10 12:06:57