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Study on prejudice, low IQ just plain dumb

Ellis Henican

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Who's prejudiced and who's dumb?

According to a study in the journal Psychological Science, children with lower intelligence are more likely to grow into racially prejudiced adults.

So are those with conservative upbringings. "Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order," lead author Gordon Hodson writes in a report that's generating howls of uproar this weekend....

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