Washington. February 25, 2010. - Today scientists from the University of Umbrage in Manitoba announced they now have irrefutable proof that disputes the centuries-old claim that Caucasians are intellectually superior to other races.
The scientists based their findings on close observation of a group of Caucasians males discussing the issue of health care reform in the United States.
This particular group of Caucasian males was selected for the study because of their influential position in society and the power their words have on issues of national importance.
"Vocabulary is one of the strongest and most consistent indicators of high IQ and overall intelligence," said psycholinguistics professor Harvey Grabe. "The Caucasian males we observed demonstrated an ability to use only a few words or short phrases during the course of an hours-long discussion."
Asked to describe in more detail what led to their conclusions, Dr. Grabe noted the repetition of such phrases as, "scrap this bill . . . start over ... new taxes ... bankrupt our country . . . government takeover of health care . . . Medicare cuts . . . unconstitutional... 2400 page bill..." and others.
Dr. Grabe said he was surprised and fascinated by the findings.
"This group of Caucasian males includes some of the top leaders of the most powerful nation on earth. They are supposedly the best and brightest the country has to offer. Yet their vocabulary was utterly impoverished. They simply repeated the same things over and over again - until the words lost all meaning."
For centuries, white males have claimed to be intellectually superior to all other races. Though past studies seemed to indicate there was no scientific basis for this claim, Dr. Grabe says today's findings should put an end to the discussion for good.
"To be quite frank, it was a very disappointing day for the Caucasian race."
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