Logical Racism
Using formal fallacies to argue for racial hierarchy. Common moves: composition fallacy, false equivalence, circular reasoning about IQ and "race."
Example: "The average Black SAT score is lower, so this Black student must be bad at math." That's the composition fallacy—confusing group means with individuals.
Rational Racism
The claim that if average group differences exist (even partially), then discriminatory policies would be "reasonable." Confuses statistical correlation with moral justification.
Example: "Even if the data show lower cognitive scores for Group X, shouldn't we track them separately? That's just rational." No—that's the naturalistic fallacy.
Example: "The average Black SAT score is lower, so this Black student must be bad at math." That's the composition fallacy—confusing group means with individuals.
Rational Racism
The claim that if average group differences exist (even partially), then discriminatory policies would be "reasonable." Confuses statistical correlation with moral justification.
Example: "Even if the data show lower cognitive scores for Group X, shouldn't we track them separately? That's just rational." No—that's the naturalistic fallacy.
Logical Racism
Using formally valid logic with racist premises to reach racist conclusions, making discrimination appear reasonable.
Example: "All complex civilizations require non-African agency. Egypt had complex civilization. Therefore Egypt was not African." Logical form hides racist premise.
Rational Racism
The assumption that Western rationality is the highest cognitive form, positioning non-Western peoples as less rational, emotional, or primitive.
Example: Claiming ancient Egyptians couldn't have developed mathematics because "abstract reasoning" emerged only in Greece—denying African rationality a priori.
Using formally valid logic with racist premises to reach racist conclusions, making discrimination appear reasonable.
Example: "All complex civilizations require non-African agency. Egypt had complex civilization. Therefore Egypt was not African." Logical form hides racist premise.
Rational Racism
The assumption that Western rationality is the highest cognitive form, positioning non-Western peoples as less rational, emotional, or primitive.
Example: Claiming ancient Egyptians couldn't have developed mathematics because "abstract reasoning" emerged only in Greece—denying African rationality a priori.
Logical Racism by Abzugal April 8, 2026
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